I feel like I was able to provide more for my sons than my parents did for us, for what that might be actually worth. In some ways, it's helpful not to be so worried about making ends meet that you don't have time or the mind to enjoy being with your family. However, it can lead to other problems. I feel fortunate that for the most part we were able to keep those other possibilities at bay.

Well, I'm sorry to hear about what's going on there. I'm sure to some degree things are happening like that in many places, including here, thanks to the restrictions imposed to save us from COVID-19. I'm amazed that there are as many businesses still around after nearly a year of various stages of lockdown, and no real end in sight just yet.

It sounds like Australia is seeing the other side of being a global economy, where some of that begins to unravel for one reason or another and there's not something comparable to fill the void.

It seems like it's always an employer's market. Only seldom have I heard of there being more jobs than their applicants, and only in certain fields, ones that people don't naturally gravitate to, even if they are higher paying, or because of the amount of education and training one needs.