Read previewThe year 2020 was supposed to be when I could finally take it easy and focus on myself.
I decided to leave my career in accounting behind and finally take a crack at my lifelong dream of being a writer.
But Lebanon's banking system collapsed — the World Bank called it a Ponzi scheme — and the country entered a financial crisis.
Call it youthful naivety, but I didn't have a reentry plan in case I needed to return to work.
The Lebanese financial crisis continued long after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Persons:
—, didn't, I'm, it's, I've
Organizations:
Service, Business, Bank, Lebanese
Locations:
Lebanon, freefall, American