Never give up

When I lost my job 2 weeks ago, I saw it as an end to my dream of owning a home. I need to NOT think of things that way. I need to see this as not an end, but just a delay.

My original plan was to start looking for a house around the end of next summer. If I followed my savings plan (which I was doing), I’d have enough for a down payment by then. And since I’d be a first time home buyer, I could get by without a down payment. That might not be the case is some parts of the country, but the housing market hasn’t fallen as much around here as other parts of the country. So I think that would still have been the case for me.

Now, my plan is just pushed back some. I have 2 interviews this week (one Monday and one Tuesday). Maybe one of them will be the right one for me, and I’ll be offered the position. I’m also waiting to hear back on a couple other positions that I submitted my resume to.

My best case scenario would be that my plans are only pushed back one month. That is, assuming I would be paid fairly close to what I had been getting. I haven’t put any money into savings since I lost my job because I wanted to keep that money available for when I needed it. But I haven’t taken anything out of savings either.

So … I’m not going to let myself get down. My dream of being a home owner is not dead. I can still get a house. My time line is just shifted a little. I need to look to the positive. I just have more time to plan now. I need to keep telling myself that so I don’t fall down that pit of despair.