<prompt> Human: Hi all,This morning I got laid off from my job. I used to make 75,000.00 a year as a Mechanical Engineer for a mid size oil service company.I signed an At- will employment contract, basically they gave me no reason as why I was laid off...I think it was not performance related, just a poor relationship with my direct supervisor. Every other manager was happy with my work. I had to block mysupervisor on LinkedIn, as she would look at my profile every week...and she followed me to my car once, yelled at me and asked why I was leaving, I had only gone to get my glasses from my car. Enough about that.Im a single female, living in Houston, TX. My family is in another country, and some relatives in the Austin TX area.When I started last year in July, I decided to not contribute to retirement at this company as I wanted to get out of debt. I started with 92K in debt. Ive paid off 2 credit cards, one student loan and most of my car.Ive managed to decrease my rent, my interest rates on my debt, and my car insurance. My rent went 1,320 to 917 starting April 2018, moved closer to work, saved time and gas.Car insurance went from 250 to 180...once I moved my rate was gonna increase so I negotiated better rates elsewhere. I reduced the rate on one of my credit cards from 2537; to 1837;, still high but lower than before. I felt like I was doing the right things, and I just got fired and have little to no back up plans. I also stopped saving entirely, every extra cent was going either to school, or towards debt.I used to make 4,690.00 a month, after taxes and deductions.I cashed out the retirement money I had from a previous employer to pay off my credit card debt. Paid a hefty penalty when I did my taxes. So far, Ive reached out to my network, updated my LinkedIn profile, started looking at jobs and saving the ones I have the skills and experience for, I will apply later today. I will file for unemployment also, and get some medical insurance, not COBRA.I plan on doing UBER to make some money until I find another high paying job. The city I live in, you can make around 500 to 1500 just working weekends. Full time...I hope to make more than that.Below are my my monthly expenses and debtCurrent accountsChecking: 20.00, last paycheck tomorrow 2,340Savings: 0Retirement: 0Crypto: 2,500, bought in early, have not bought more since March 2018.Monthly ExpensesRent: 917.00Insurance: 180.00Car payment: 446.00 1.937; with a credit union,Gas: 50.00Groceries: 75.00Utilities: 45.00Phone: 70.00DebtSofi: 252.00Marcus: 170Student Loans: 70Discover: 160AMEX: 220Below are my debts:Loans, Sofi: 8,829.00, 1237;,Loan, Marcus by Goldman Sachs: 5,673.57 1237;Car loan: 10,966, 1.937;, 24 payments remaining...Ive been paying more to itCredit Card 1, Discover: 8,258.00 037; until October 2018Credit Card 2, AMEX: 11,418.00 1837;Student loans through Navient1609.31 5.637;, I was gonna pay it off this month :- 3,938.09 4.5 37;3,824.79 3.437;2,807.55 3.437;Last year I had over 40K in credit cards, I paid 2 off and cancelled them. Ive gotten my spending under control. I just need to know best path forward, and any other advice regarding how to approach employment and my debt.Nobody every taught me about money, and once I learned about investing and debt, I decided to get out of debt.In 5 years, I dont want debt, I want freedom to chose who I work for, and multiple sources of income.Any advice is appreciated.Assistant: Nothing to say about your budget, just wanted to say that Im a mech e in the same industry and region, hiring is crazy right now. People are fighting to keep MEs and EEs from leaving. Youll have another job in no time.Human: This comment is always thrown around but the fact is there are dozens of people every day applying for one open job like this in the field. The competition is real, with her debts and assets on hand she cant be holding out for someone to fight over her. We dont know if she is an EIT PE or Id she knows just a niche amount of her trade so work elsewhere will be harder to fall right into. Assistant: I dont have my EIT or PE...Ive always worked in the private sector, and no employer has asked me for it.  <response>: Try Formosa Plastics in Point Comfort, TX. They are always looking and pay engineers well! I say that because I work for corporate lol sorry I cant add any helpful insight on your post but as another mech e, I know youll be back in the work force! Good luck! 