<prompt> Human: Someone in rassistance suggested I post here. I read the FAQ and the wiki, but couldnt really find anything to help me build a solid plan for the right now, to avoid homelessness. If that information was there and I overlooked it, I apologize. So here it is:I got fired today. Yes, I am applying for jobs. Yes I have filed for unemployment online. My current financial situation looks like this:My final check my savings whats available in my checking account right now 1,812.99.Im currently renting in a two bedroom apartment. My share of the rent is 547.50 each month, prior to utilities, which can run anywhere from 55-80. My phone bill which is always the first to go whenever I need to cut expenses, which will probably go permanently this time is 30. I have two credit cards, one with a 35 min payment and the other an 11 min payment. They are currently both at 100 utilization bringing my total credit card debt to approximately 2000. I have a cat. My expenses for her are cat food and cat litter which I spend approximately 30 a month on. I guess I will be skipping her winter flea treatment. My entertainment budget consists of my WoW subscription, which is paid for with in game gold, not actual cash. I had purchased vision and dental insurance through my job. I do not have health insurance, not even Medi-Cal I live in California, that was probably relevant somewhere further up in this post.I currently receive food stamps of 58 a month, but am going to request an income verification form tomorrow to update my income to 0...food is the last thing Im worried about as far as budgeting in the immediate future because one of the only benefits to having an ED is being able to go long periods of time without eating a lot. My plan right now is that, the money I have is enough to pay my rent and my minimum credit card payments until October meaning I will be able to pay on Aug 1st, Sept 1st, and Oct 1st and would need to give my 30 days on Oct 1st. And thats it, I really dont have a plan after that. I have a Rev.com account that I signed up for a few months ago, but never actually started claiming work. So I can do that for pocket money while scrambling around for jobs.I also have some paperwork that was given to me today when I was fired. Its about my retirement, but I really dont understand what it means and Im not sure if the balance it lists was included in my final paycheck or if its even a balance I can redeem or get back. Im really just looking for advice. This is only the second time in my life that Ive been unemployed, and the first time I have been fired, so my head is swimming with distress.I do not have a support network to rely on I dont have a family, or friends who would be able to help me financially.Thank you, and please let me know if I need to put in more information or if this post is inappropriate. Assistant: Your job is not you. Remember that: dont let this define you. I know how bad it feels, but you will get past it eventually. In the interim, try to focus on steps to move forward like applying for jobs etc. Any training or education you can pursue while you look? Im so sorry-hang in there.Human: No. I used to go to community college, but I couldnt afford it to do both that and work enough to pay my rent. Now I especially cant afford it with zero income. Its just that, having a job is really the only positive thing that I ever been able to claim about my life. Dont get me wrong. Im not saying thats not my fault. I ran away from home. I cant maintain relationships with people. I dropped out of school. I did all those things. But I was getting up every day anyway because I had a job. Everything is awful but you know what at least I have a job, I may not even like my job, but hey its a job I can pay my rent and thats more than a lot of people can say. I gotta get out of bed, I have to shower, I have to brush my teeth because I have a job. I have to keep moving because I have a job. Thats what I tell myself everyday. Thats what I told myself this morning. Like I know it sounds pathetic, and I get it, youre rolling your eyes telling me, please stop being dramatic youll get through it. But I just, I dont know, Im really tired I guess.  <response>: Thats a completely reasonable frame of mind. Many people hang self worth off of being employed, and actually, a lot of the help aimed at job seekers specifically depends on you seeing yourself as a person who feels the need to work on something. Your city probably has a service center for job seekers, and if you are there during business hours looking for a checklist, they will give it to you, and you may end up with a better paying job rapidly.As a note, unemployment is a reasonable time to re-establish old friendships with the people who are most supportive and positive, and youd most like to work with again, even if those people are loose acquaintances you havent seen for a year or two. The people who are sort of friends are the ones most likely to get you a job, and then theyll have a good way to keep a stable friendship up with you in the future. Keeping up a work friendship will be good practice for keeping a relationship with a mentorboss type someday. 