Read over your peers' posts and respond to two of them with at...

Read over your peers' posts and respond to two of them with at least one fully developed paragraph (5-8 sentences in length) for each response. What is your reaction to the way they made sense of something in their life? Would you have done the same thing, or would you have approached it differently? Why or why not? Remember, your approach can be completely different from your peer's approach, as you can bring your own unique perspectives and life experiences to the situation.

While sitting here trying to think of something more
original to consider other than money management, I
realize that I can’t. In fact, money management has been
the only thing on my mind since I was let go from my job
recently. So for me the time in my life that comes to mind
in which I had to look at something a little closer to have
it make sense was three months ago. This is my Frst time
being unemployed since the age of 14 (almost 18 years
ago). It’s also the Frst time in our Fve years of marriage
that my husband is the bread winner, and the only one
making money in the family. With no job, no back up plan,
and being in a pending status to receive unemployment, I
was left feeling helpless, and hopelessly overwhelmed.
Bills started slowly piling up, multiple social events
cancelled or missed, future travels put on hold, not to
mention having three children with summer birthdays and
upcoming school shopping to do for all Fve of our
children. It’s enough to make you want to throw in the
towel, crawl under your covers and never come out. But
once I was done crying all I could cry, I pulled up my big
girl pants and began to plan.
Choosing not to continue sulking, I closely examined my
situation by compiling a list of our family’s monthly
expenses and monthly events in comparison to our new
monthly income. With this list, my husband and I began
to prioritize and separated the di±erent expenses in
various categories. These categories are things like home
expenses (ie: mortgage and mortgage insurance), car
expenses (ie: car payments and gas), utilities, food,
events, personal (ie: barber shop or nail appointment),
and Savings. Under these categories we listed everything
that we usually pay for every month, and even added
things that we randomly have come up, like birthday