Before you get caught in the recession landslide, take a little time to do some research now.
There are thousands of places that you can contact in the event that you lose your job and must rely on the social service system to help out in times of need.
If you feel that things are going to get dicey for you and your family in the near future, here's a plan you can begin to implement now.
Since you're viewing this article online you know how to use the Internet.
Free email service If you're using the Internet from the comfort of your home or apartment, you must first registerseveral online email addresses.
Stick with the large search engines such as Microsoft's Hotmail, Google's Gmail, Yahoo! and AIM Mail.
In the event of your service being disconnected, you'll have email access.
Don't get just one address, get them all.
Free ISP Get yourself a free Internet access account.
There still many free ISP's around.
During the dot com boom and bust, many of the national services went out of business, but you can find them easily while you still have service.
The key is to make sure that you follow their guidelines.
Watch out for phone charges.
You want to be sure that you don't get caught up in the trap of long distance phone usage and over time limit charges.
Study the cancellation procedures carefully as a precaution.
Some will trap you in customer service hell and charge you for it.
Free coupons Compile a database of online coupon sources.
Now that you have some email addresses, you'll use them to log in and fill out those online applications for free food from restaurants that will give you food coupons for registering with their online clubs.
Go to through all the online marketing give-away sites for merchandise and coupons.
If you play it smart, you'll be get an avalanche of free samples sent to your home.
At the least if you want to drastically cut your current expenses you can do so immediately with coupons and free gift cards.
You will have to take the time to clean out your email folders but hey, it's why you created them in the first place.
Free Money So you want to get FREE money from the Internet? Here are a few ideas.
Remember free money does not equal free time, you'll have to be patient and work your butt off (sitting in your chair for hours on end) but you can earn some money without putting out any working capital (other than your online bills).
So here some ideas: Work from home websites, make money from your website websites, join affiliate programs, get paid to take online surveys, get paid by reading email, get paid by surfing the Web, earn revenue by placing ads on your Website, advertisement programs, get a fee to refer customers, receive commission for offering custom builds, write articles for others, babysit a company blog, Facebook or Myspace account.
There are enough legal and ethical opportunities out there that you can keep busy if you've lost your job and make a minimum wage equivalent from home.
If you're more enterprising, you can create websites using free website design software and with the help of free articles, learn how to use affiliate marketing to create a real six figure income.
Free Love So now you want to know how to find FREE love online? That's simple; get several accounts started on the numerous free online dating services.
There are so many available that you could spend the day registering.
Before you do, I recommend that you go the free dating information websites and learn all you can about the pardon the expression, target market.
You'll need to get an idea of the type of person you wish to attract.
You'll also need to determine the type of person you are.
I recommend that you do asearch for free personality testing.
Don't do one test and put it away.
Take several and compare them.
Not only will you learn a few things about your personality, you'll begin to get a handle on how to present yourself to others.
Some of the tests come with extensive printouts while others just give you information online.
Once you take a little time securing your personal assessment, you can project a winning and confident attitude.
There you have it.
The question you may be asking is "If there's so much potential for free stuff on the Internet, why haven't I taken advantage ofit before?" Some people have checked a few things out and never even given it a second thought.
Once they found themselves in trouble, out of luck, out of a job, out of love, it's usually too emotional a situation to think clearly.
The point is you can Get Free Stuff, Free Food, and Free Money and Free Love on the Internet; just don't wait until you need them to start looking.