'I was definitely financially stressed out before coronavirus, certainly paycheck to paycheck, if I even made it that far. I love my child, but if he’s here, I can’t make money, and we need money to survive'
I do gig work, essentially anything that is not a normal nine-to-five, anything from childcare to shopping for people’s food to pet sitting. My primary work is grocery delivery. I used to be able to work all through the school day and then pick up a little more work with my son in tow at night. That’s how I ended up in gig work, because of the flexibility.
My business is actually booming right now and my income per order is higher, but I’m really only working two days a week, so the income coming in is obviously less. Now, I will try to do four or five days of work in two days. The bills keep coming. The electric company says, “Oh, we won’t shut you off right now,” but the bill is still there and has to be paid. You have to make sure that you have internet to homeschool. Things that I might normally let lapse just really aren’t an option right now.
At the start of the pandemic, people went out and bought food and toilet paper. Well, for those of us who don’t have savings, we couldn’t really do that. By the time we got to the store, there was only more expensive stuff or less healthy stuff. When I would normally pay $4 for toilet paper, the only one left was $20.My work is more challenging, too. Every shop that would normally take me half an hour now takes over an hour.
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