Wow, that’s great!
I’d been following this conversation without actually contributing to it, but wanted to chime in and say that this is great news, and that you’re an excellent sibling for sticking with her through all of this. I’m not sure i would have been so patient.
I am so happy for her! She started work about three weeks ago. As soon as she started, she began talking to me about some other offers she had (may or may not have) received and that maybe she should have waited for something better, that pays more, or is more interesting, etc., to come along.
I kept saying 'Oh, no. This is a bird in the hand! It’s easier to move around once you’re in the game! Just stay put for a while! Get your bills under control, then you can move on/over/up!"
Since then, she’s received a paycheck and gotten to know the place and her coworkers, and is finding that she likes it there! With her first check, she bought me some BBQ lunch and gave my brother his first repayment. She feels and looks better!
She’s grousing about not getting paid for a lot of those on-line writing gigs- she wasted a ton of time trying to make that work. She write six articles for one company, who rejected all of them, but then sent her an article to emulate… that she had also written.
I’ve enjoyed watching her stock trading dwindle as she ran complete out of time and
money. She went from posting daily, to occasionally, then just twice in one month to not at all.
In any case, I’m so glad it seems to be over. I’m encouraging her to get a complete medical/dental check up as soon as her insurance kicks in. She hasn’t been to a doc in years now and once has a skin cancer and hasn’t seen an OB-gyn in years, either.
This is great news. Point out to her that the economy is improving and unemployment is slooooooowly creeping downward, so the longer she stays in this job, the better the employment scene will be if she leaves. Of course she needs to stick it out long enough to climb out of debt regardless.
And maybe point out (if she will listen) that the stock trading world that she was inhabiting is pretty much the same as playing three card monte with a local player, or playing the shell game with a guy on the corner hoping to win, but losing again and again and again.
Dave
That is such good news. Not just getting the job, but her choices once she was paid. Thanks for letting us know.
Sometimes faith is rewarded but she has only started and could slip anytime. The rush from a successful trade, bet, root, drink etc etc are only a slip away. I hope the best for your sister
This is wonderful news!
So glad to hear that she’s managed to beat the odds and find some meaningful work in this job market! You are absolutely correct to tell her that she’s better off job hunting once she already has a job, also.
A real job! With a steady paycheck and health insurance! This is such a breakthrough. You must be so proud of her, and she must be so proud of herself!
Good on you, for helping her get situated with work clothes and giving her the right amount of financial and emotional support to help her pull through this. It’s a hell of a person that can pull themselves out of a downward spiral like the one you described, even with help. The “unemployment lifestyle” can be a hard one to kick.
That’s really awesome. Like many, I’ve been watching this from the sidelines since your first post. I’m not gonna lie, I wasn’t expecting this story to have a happy ending, so it’s great to hear otherwise! It’s nice to know that sometimes things do work out okay.
Just this^^. Perhaps she was ‘just depressed’*, and you being there when she snapped out of it is a great thing. Hopefully she appreciates you as much as you deserve. 
*I don’t know the term for ‘depression for a viable reason that sometimes works itself out’ but I hope nobody thinks I’m making light of ANY kind of depression. Because I’m not.