Everyone and everything is hurting. The job market and economy are hurting. Investors in the stock market are hurting. We all know someone who has lost their job and maybe even their retirement in this market. Do not lose hope. Instead, trying changing your way of thinking. Instead of focusing on the problem, focus on the solution. If you are creative enough, you can come up with additional ways to make money.

You can sit together with the neighbors and complain your evenings away, or barbeque hamburgers and moan about not being able to have lobster. You will be a victim” of the recession only if you choose to be one. You can either sit back or squeeze through or you can take an active role and come up with ways to take advantage of the “new” economy.

Do not let negative thinking overcome you. I know it is hard but try hard not to. If you want to make it through this as fast as you can, you need to have a positive mindset.

Here is what the vast majority of Americans think when it comes to a money making plan: Go to college Land a good job Let your employer take care of retirement and health insurance for you and your family If things go bad you can always get on unemployment Find a better job when the economy improves

If you are like the average person, you are a hard worker and like the company you work for. You want to retire at the company. The economy goes bad and your company has to lay you off. The company apparently was not on board with your “retire at the company” plan.

Most companies are adapting and changing to the new economic environment by laying workers off. This is what you need to do, adapt. If you just jump on unemployment and plan on staying there until you can find just any old job, you will end up being miserable with life.

What you want to do is to create multiple streams of income. The most successful households are the ones that have multiple streams of income coming in. For example, one stream of income might be from the stock market, another might be from your day job, and still another from your home business. If one of your income streams dry up, you still have two other that you can rely on.

You should not depend just on one income even if that one source of income is your day job. You need to develop different sources of income. Even if they are small at first, that is ok. The important part is that money is coming in from more than one source. Instead of watching TV in the evenings or on the weekends, you can spend that time developing another income stream.

These are some possible sources of income: Yard work for neighbors Babysitting, animal sitting Trash hauling Educational service Blogging Article writing Publishing a book Taking pictures

Take a moment to think about what you are good at, I know the ideas will start to flow.

If you cut back on the spending, bring in a little more money, and maintain the problem solving perspective, you will make it through this recession.

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