What should I do?I'm a 55 yr old widow and can't find a job because I'm not bilingual?

Question

I haven't worked since 2004 so I can't draw unemployment and I broke my ankle last year so I can't stand on my feet very long. A Hurricane just caused damage to my roof and after the insurance depreciated it I'm just SOL. Any suggestions? I do have money in a retirement plan but that is for my old age.

Answer 1

Perhaps, in 2004, when you realized that your skills were not wanted by possible employers in the area in which you reside, you should have chosen to move to an area where your skill might lead to employment or to have developed new skills.

When you became disabled due to your ankle injury perhaps you should have sought after state or federal assistance part of which might have assisted you in the development of new and employable skills.

Perhaps you should have maintained your home owners insurance.

Perhaps, as you must reside in an area where there is more than one commonly utilized language, you should have begun to learn a second language.

You are now facing the consequences of your own choices which is often referred to as karma.

Perhaps it is time to begin to look objectively at what is happening to you, the choices you have been making and the results of the same.  After that, perhaps it will be necessary for you to begin to make changes in your life beginning by making choices that will lead to consequences that will be more beneficial to yourself and to all others.

No one else can do this for you.

May it be well with you.

Answer 2

How about social security or disability ?

Answer 3

Try starting a small business. Can you type? Do you have a skill that would allow you to benefit people from home or doesn't require you to stand on your feet long. Maybe court reporting school would be another option. Court reporters start out making about 50k or more per year depending on where you live and they don't stand while they work at all.

Answer 4

Ya know, its pretty sick how our "government" cant throw money fast enough at, other countries, senseless "wars", its own bloated self, what other "government LOSES 18.5 billion dollars, and nobody thinks another thing about it, just an "oh, well". But, they don't give a squat about how F'ed up the economy is. Or, about ALL the people without jobs, cause they ran all the good ones out of the country. It seems funny how they can come up with all this money to waste, but none to apply where it's needed most.

It has to get better, it cant get any worse.

And, oh, yeah, English is the language of this land, and its just rude to live here, and not bother to learn the language, why do we have to adapt, If I were to go to, lets say Texas, I would take the time to learn the native language, bein from cali. we got our own language. jk.

Answer 5

WELL MARK,why do people like mark m, keep post that junk on every site. yea right 2 hours a day for 2500$ a month. go away. ----------------------------------------...   as to your query .havent you heard how wonderful illegal immigration is for the u.s.?.

Answer 6

Try a temp agency, they will send you out to a variety of companies, you will click with one of them.