Mental preparation had to be done in stages.
When something wasn't particularly urgent, mental preparation was actually very difficult.
For example, when you still had several thousand dollars in your pocket but had just lost your job, you would usually think about enjoying yourself for a while before looking for work.
Because you still had money in your pocket, you weren't that anxious about finding a new source of income, so there was a good chance you wouldn't rush to find a job.
At the same time, you would have high expectations for your next job—
A higher salary, better benefits, and a bigger brand name.
But when you had only ten dollars left in your pocket, still hadn't found a job, and your rent and expenses were telling you that you would be screwed if you didn't top up your account right freaking now...
Mental preparation became much easier. You weren't as picky, either. As long as the job could put food on the table, even if the pay was a little lower, it was enough to get you through this period. The tighter the situation and the greater the pressure, the easier mental preparation became.
A few days ago, Slani had still felt that she would never go looking for Lin Qi. But as some people began moving into the shelter, and as applications for the available spots in the Middle Class and lower-class areas of the shelter closed...
She began to panic.
She didn't want to go to the lower class.
Even though the living conditions of ordinary people in the lower class, as shown in the newly filmed documentary short, weren't actually that bad, she still didn't want to go there.
Who knew whether that place would eventually become something else entirely, like the terrible conditions