I just saw this on Quora.
"That’s my current scenario; it was necessary that I close my business mostly due to the pandemic. Six months later my Jaguar was repossessed, I’d been allowed to cancel my lease at my lovely home (still miss that koi pond), all of my Crate & Barrel furniture went into (expensive) storage, I’d put my office & home office contents into a second storage unit-I was forced to choose which to pay-I chose the household contents; bye bye (mostly replaceable) home office items and a rack of clothing and Jimmy Choos that I’d planned to sell. I was now driving a donated 2005 Saturn VUE that our cook had used to pick up groceries and donations. Still had most of my wardrobe, expensive shoes, skin care products and my teeth. LOL! Couldn’t go to Starbucks, get massages, dine out or get facials, but on the positive side; I finally had time to deal with a life threatening health issue that could be (and was) surgically reversed. I confirmed what was really important to my life, versus the accessories and apparently, I’m still alive and haven’t destabilized psychologically."
I'm a bit flabbergasted that she had a personal cook, but not enough savings to survive a year. But, maybe that's just silly my overthinking.
"That’s my current scenario; it was necessary that I close my business mostly due to the pandemic. Six months later my Jaguar was repossessed, I’d been allowed to cancel my lease at my lovely home (still miss that koi pond), all of my Crate & Barrel furniture went into (expensive) storage, I’d put my office & home office contents into a second storage unit-I was forced to choose which to pay-I chose the household contents; bye bye (mostly replaceable) home office items and a rack of clothing and Jimmy Choos that I’d planned to sell. I was now driving a donated 2005 Saturn VUE that our cook had used to pick up groceries and donations. Still had most of my wardrobe, expensive shoes, skin care products and my teeth. LOL! Couldn’t go to Starbucks, get massages, dine out or get facials, but on the positive side; I finally had time to deal with a life threatening health issue that could be (and was) surgically reversed. I confirmed what was really important to my life, versus the accessories and apparently, I’m still alive and haven’t destabilized psychologically."
I'm a bit flabbergasted that she had a personal cook, but not enough savings to survive a year. But, maybe that's just silly my overthinking.