Originally Posted by nodaybut2day

Good for you for looking for work. Another useful thing would be to put together a budget and look at various scenarios (i.e. Scenario A: work FT making X$ per month, and living in X apartment which costs X$ per month). I did this when I was planning on leaving my XAH and it really helped me visualize where I was headed. I started making lists of things to do (reassigning the lease, terminating my utilities contract, stashing important papers at work, etc) as well as lists of things I would need (furniture mostly) and how much those would cost approximately.

Doing all that helped me take the focus OFF my XAH and put it back on me and my baby girl's needs.