the economy

It is no secret that the economy is tough right now. Hundreds of thousands of people have lost their jobs, and attorneys are no exception. I am having a really hard time finding a job, many of my classmates are having the start dates for their jobs postponed, and some are even losing their jobs before they have even had a chance to set foot in the office. I hear the Department of Treasury is considering redesigning the dollar bill to look something like this:
I am not looking to become rich. I just want a decent job that will allow me to pay off my bills (it would be icing on the cake if the job happened to be something I enjoyed doing, but even that is no longer a requirement for me). I don't necessarily have to practice law. I would be perfectly happy doing something else as long as that "something else" allowed me to use some of the skills I have gained in these last few years. As I approach graduation, I only seem to get more and more exasperated about this whole situation. Everywhere I turn, people are constantly asking me what I am going to after I graduate, whether I've found a job yet, and that I just need to try harder to find one. I wish it would all just go away. I wish I could wake up tomorrow morning and be back to my normal life where I don't constantly worry about the future.

And then my husband's voice comes into my head saying, "It could be worse." And he is absolutely right. Things could be much worse. I don't have a single family member in the hospital fighting for their lives. I don't have bill collectors calling me yet. I am not being kicked out of my home. I don't have to look into the face of a child begging to buy a $1 candy at the store and have to tell them that we can't afford it. So I guess things really aren't that bad yet.