What are you doing financially to prepare for the upcoming recession?

At30wecashout

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Sitting on 5-figs of liquid cash and finishing my degree ASAP. For all the doom and gloom I recall going through in the years following 2008, the fact is some of the people who held their jobs the most were in very good professional fields. I am in IT and have years of experience so unless something absolutely cataclysmic happens, I should be one of those brehs to eat from the "K-shaped" recovery that is bound to happen. I just pay off my car and I have no debt.
 

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Pay down debt.
Eat lentils.
This.

Also learn new skills to increase income. I recently started learning a new skill with hopes to transfer to another component in my job that’s less stressful/more money

Too many resources out here to be down super bad if you’re not mentally challenged or on dope imo
 
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I got a new job after 15 years in march…a 25-40% increase in pay (20% base increase)
I have Zero debt now, for the second week in adult my life
(As a result) I’m saving at rate i never have

Honestly i’ll stop there. That is how you prepare for the recession (and inflation) we are already in…
 

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Parking cash in a savings acct instead of dumping it into the market like I usually do.

I paid down all my debt last year besides my car note (only $170 a month), but I encourage all brehs to pay down any debt you can now. shyt’s gonna get real in the field.


Getting better at saying ‘no’ to shyt I don’t really wanna do but only going for social obligation.


Being more diligent about chasing down $ that’s owed to me. I came outta pocket for my dog’s x-rays that shyt was like 3k, pet insurance covers half of it but I haven’t filed the claim. Also been bullshyttin on an expense report for work, they owe me like 2k for a business trip I took, I just need to submit the damn report.

Go hard af at work so I make more money :yeshrug: you don’t save your way into a different wealth class, you work your way there.
 
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