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Not because I wanted to.Because creditors don\u2019t accept Venmo requests to the universe.
Here\u2019s what nobody on this platform will tell you about unemployment:
It has a liquidation schedule.
Week 1-4 : You sell the easy stuff.
The monitor you weren\u2019t using. The old iPad.
You tell yourself you\u2019re \u201cdecluttering.\u201d \ud83e\uddf9
It feels *productive*.
Month 2-3 : You sell the good stuff.
The collectibles. The tools.
The things you were saving \u201cfor the right project.\u201d
You tell yourself you\u2019re \u201cbeing strategic.\u201d
Month 4-6 : You sell who you are.
The equipment that makes you *you*.
The things that took 20 years to accumulate
and 20 minutes to list on Facebook Marketplace
for a third of what they\u2019re worth.
Month 7+ : “Hmm… that’s not bolted down…”
Nobody talks about this.
They talk about \u201cupskilling.\u201d \ud83d\ude80
They talk about \u201cpivoting.\u201d \ud83d\udd04
They talk about \u201cnetworking.\u201d \ud83e\udd1d
Nobody talks about the spreadsheet
where you rank your possessions
by how much they\u2019ll bring
versus how much it\u2019ll hurt.
Nobody posts about pricing their identity
at 30 cents on the dollar
because the buyer knows you can\u2019t wait.
So the next time someone posts
\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to announce\u201d \ud83c\udf89
Just remember:
Somebody else just posted a Marketplace listing
that started with \u201cMoving, must sell\u201d
when they\u2019re not moving anywhere…
They’re just trying to hold onto that last shred.
NOTE: inspired by the flood of contacts I’ve received from my last post as well as personal anecdotes. \u2026 image inspired by the story of Vivian Maier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"