A divorce, a pandemic, and a whole lot of debt — 2020 look back

Jess Cohen
17 min readJan 8, 2021

Slightly out of character for this space, I want to share what 2020 has looked like for me and some major lessons I’ve learned. A quick warning, this has some descriptions of abuse that may be triggering to some, and this post is pretty vulnerable. If vulnerability and honesty make you uncomfortable I’d recommend just scrolling past this one.

I had left my now ex-husband in December of 2019, after realizing our relationship was emotionally abusive and toxic. I had packed the things I could fit in my Nissan Altima, along…

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Jess Cohen

Nashville lead for Ladies Get Paid, Ladies, Wine and Design-er, Product Design Lead @ Eventbrite, dog mom.