Keep reading to see how Glasgows business closure due to COVID-19 affected her personal finances.
Its been a long, hard road.
After I opened the salon, I started school to earn my bachelors degree and then my masters degree.
Because I had the salon, I went to school part-time and finally graduated in 2019.
Last year was the first year that I finally made a profit.
But then COVID-19 hit.
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I previously supported myself through loans and also my husbands income, which is $75,000.
My husband is still working, so now we are back to living solely off his income.
It didnt go very far in terms of helping with the expenses Im losing.
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Even though the salon has been closed, I still have to pay the rent for it.
Ive paused my payments on that since the salon has closed.
So, we do a lot of cooking.
Im a vegetarian, but my husband eats meat, so I tend to cook us separate meals.
(I cook almost everything we eat.)
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I do all my food shopping either at Wal-Mart orTrader Joesbecause both places have a lot of healthy options.
Fitness:$0 per month.I do yoga at home every day.
I wake up really earlyaround 4:30 a.m.and yoga is part of my morning routine.
After I finish yoga, I sometimes go on the elliptical, which I have at home.
I use the rest of the morning to read and just tune in to myself.
Thats the one part of my day when its really quiet.
Before the pandemic, my biggest beauty expense were my weaves, which was about $200 a month.
In terms of makeup and skin care, I wear just a little makeup.
I take several supplements every day, something I did before the pandemic and still do now.
Im Caribbean, which means Im used to the sun, so avitamin D supplementis important for me.
I also take a probiotic andvitamin B12, which helps me pump up my energy.
I also takevitamin E, which is good for skin.
Since the pandemic, I started taking vitamin C as well, to help with my immune system.
I spend about $50 a month on supplements.
The pandemic has impacted my finances very much.
Just when I had climbed out of debt, I was knocked back down.
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