Since last year, I've been unemployed, surviving off of student loan money, the pennies I get from working at the campus newspaper, and leftover funds from working a back breaking 60 hours a week in the summer. It is almost the end of the first semester, and I have enough money to live for another two months.
One of the issues with students facing food insecurity is the struggle with finding a job and getting enough hours to pay for bills, tuition, books, and basic needs. With bills such as rent and tuition that has a deadline to be paid and late fees, sometimes we put off buying food until we have the extra money. I've applied to over six jobs in the course of the semester. I got one call back for an interview but no followup, three rejection letters, and silence. With high rent, a long distance relationship, high gas costs, tuition, books, and holiday expenses, my anxiety is running high every time I apply for a job and hear nothing back. I'm afraid if I don't find a job by February, I won't even be able to afford $25 a week on food. The more and more time passes where I don't have a job, the more I'm scared the food insecurity will eat me alive.
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