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Losing My Job and How I Changed for the Better

After losing my job last month at Shopko, my emotions were running high. Not only do I have to be financially stable for myself but also for my two daughters. Being a single mom, they are my world, my only light now.  Backstory I began working at Shopko in 2016 as a sophomore in college. Shopko was enticing to me because of the short commute time from where I went to college. I started there as a cashier and within six months I was promoted to a general merchandise teammate. Honestly, I really enjoyed my time up until they started to decrease my hours. By this time, I was pregnant with my first daughter and in a rough patch in my relationship. I genuinely wanted to quit because I was so stressed with school, work and my personal life. I knew that I had to stay at my job because I needed to be in a good place when the baby was born.  How Did I Get Fired? It was the day after I saw all over the news that Shopko "could not find a buyer for all of their stores anymo