Okay, so the past week was just terrible and hard, both emotionally and physically. As I have been a long time away from the business world and lastly was trying to study to become a certified beauty therapist, whilst being trying to recuperate from the back surgery and depression, I have been coping only with the welfare money from the state.
Well, now this year, since February the state is not anymore (if ever even has been) obligated to maintain the social welfare structure as before and now it is turned over to the governments' national pension office Kela and that change was ugly and pretty poorly conducted if I may say. I personally have now experienced how it feels like to be left without any income what so ever from anywhere and only due to Kela's huge error because of the huge pressure with timelines that they have there to go through the applications. So being unable to go to my physiotherapy session or do anything basically was causing me huge stress and many sleepless nights as well as I was trying to figure out how I could pay my rent and the other bills or even get food to my fridge.
Even more frustration was causing the phone service that Kela has for customers, well now it was a non-existing one due to the changes with basic income from the state to Kela. There was no way possible to reach anyone by phone from Kela or get an appointment time to their office. The first phone-time that was free was on the beginning of April and the first appointment to the office was for the 31st of March.
" The administration of the basic social assistance scheme was transferred from municipalities to Kela, and an experiment testing a basic income was launched."
It is unbelievable how the administration from Kela/ the government "imagined" this change to go smoothly if before even the student benefit applications have made the whole system in the administration of applications to go up side down and if even the employees from Kela and social service office knew in beforehand things to go terribly wrong.
Well, now this year, since February the state is not anymore (if ever even has been) obligated to maintain the social welfare structure as before and now it is turned over to the governments' national pension office Kela and that change was ugly and pretty poorly conducted if I may say. I personally have now experienced how it feels like to be left without any income what so ever from anywhere and only due to Kela's huge error because of the huge pressure with timelines that they have there to go through the applications. So being unable to go to my physiotherapy session or do anything basically was causing me huge stress and many sleepless nights as well as I was trying to figure out how I could pay my rent and the other bills or even get food to my fridge.
Even more frustration was causing the phone service that Kela has for customers, well now it was a non-existing one due to the changes with basic income from the state to Kela. There was no way possible to reach anyone by phone from Kela or get an appointment time to their office. The first phone-time that was free was on the beginning of April and the first appointment to the office was for the 31st of March.
" The administration of the basic social assistance scheme was transferred from municipalities to Kela, and an experiment testing a basic income was launched."
It is unbelievable how the administration from Kela/ the government "imagined" this change to go smoothly if before even the student benefit applications have made the whole system in the administration of applications to go up side down and if even the employees from Kela and social service office knew in beforehand things to go terribly wrong.
The government that we have now is in my opinion making decisions with the expense if not solemnly but mainly of the poor, disabled and senior citizens. Huge cuts have been made from the benefits of the poor, disabled and senior citizens welfare and income. Many people haven't even been able to buy the medicine they need because of the cuts to their income or to their benefits. People are afraid of their future and if there even is one for them. The government has said that tough decisions had to be made and there is always some group of people that have to pay, so Finland can create jobs and that the export will increase. Well, ghee, thank you so very much! Should that statement help the ones who really needed the money for living and staying alive.
And may I just say but if everyone has to pay, why the government can (or even take it in consideration) increase their own salary? For me that sounds highly unfair that some dudes in suits can ruin our country, make people desperate and hateful against the government but also hateful against each other and to the people who come here as a refugees. Or am I totally wrong? I am not hateful against anyone but I do have to admit that even I have become a bit bitter because of the decisions that our government has made. But I can at least somehow understand people who does because those people think the government has made way too many unjust actions that now cause the structure to become unequal as it already exist in many other country (rich-poor-homeless/paperless). And now it is now becoming the reality in to our country as well. If this is the prize to pay for becoming a country that doesn't have to take more and more debt every day is it justified? Or is it really worth it in the long run? My opinion is that it is not and that there would be some other ways as well but the problem is the chief of our government the prime minister who want's to do all the changes now in his command because as before no one had done anything to stop our country to get in a debt crisis so there won't be anyone after him. And he did say that he would save our country. But is the cost of doing that worth it?
Okay, so now that I have let all that out I can tell you why my week was physically so hard as it was. It was so because the whole week was quite demanding yet same time very painful. The pain that I have in my back got so insanely strong that I wasn't able to sleep, walk, sit nor stand..basically anything that I tried to do was causing more and more pain. Woohoo, such a fun! But still, I did some exercises at home with a gym ball (actually I don't even know what that is really called..) A big rubber ball, filled with air and the diameter is from 60 cm to 1 meter. Sitting on it makes sitting a bit more comfortable than sitting on a chair where the hurt to my back will get very strong...fast. Due to many sleepless night added with some crushing pain made me become a bit edgy and nervous.
After just receiving some sweet messages from my beloved, makes me feel like all is possible and even magic can happen. Love does that, incredible don't you think?
There for I thought I'd like to end this writing for today or at least for now to the words "Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve" by J.K. Rowling.
Hope you'll all have a fantastic and magical week!
After just receiving some sweet messages from my beloved, makes me feel like all is possible and even magic can happen. Love does that, incredible don't you think?
There for I thought I'd like to end this writing for today or at least for now to the words "Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve" by J.K. Rowling.
Hope you'll all have a fantastic and magical week!
xoxo SusaMarie
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