If, for instance, your day job is not doing the work of supporting yourself and family, you must get side jobs and what other occasional odd work you can get to keep you and family afloat. To use the water analogy again, treat the odd jobs as pieces of wood to grab at when, swimming in the lake, you find yourself drowning.
A depressing scene to imagine to be sure, but at least the image is one of floating – After all, it’s not one of those dreadful sinking feelings. And so, hopefully, the odd jobs will keep you afloat and happy. Not swimmingly happy perhaps, but, again, in this day of omnipresent financial woes, it is good enough to remain afloat, however you can.
In a way, to keep afloat now is to, as the Chinese say, “keep up with the times”.
Here are a few media examples of people and companies as well as indeed whole countries trying to keep afloat:
1. JONATHAN LEAHY LIVES in Douglas, in Cork. He is 37 years old and has four children, of whom the eldest is doing her Leaving Cert next summer. His three-bedroom house is too small for six people, but there is nothing he can do, because he can’t sell to trade up.
He bought the house in 2005 for €360,000; now it is worth about €280,000. “We are really struggling to find space, and even finding a corner where my eldest can study for her Leaving in peace is impossible. When I approached the bank and asked about the possibility of selling up and getting a new mortgage, or even a loan so we could extend our house, I was told the only option available to me was to save.” In fact, the bank official did not even turn on the computer before declining his request.
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