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Episode 8 - Downtimes

Episode 8 - Downtimes

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In the shadow of the 2008 recession, I lose my job and slide into a level of poverty I wasn’t prepared for. This episode covers survival—financial, emotional, and psychological. I talk about the violent death of my uncle in a police incident that left a permanent mark on me, and the pain and instability that followed. I move to Maple Valley, take any work I can find—from repairing windshields to day labor—and end this chapter at the edge of something new, deciding to start a landscape company just to stay afloat.

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