My unemployment claim was approved after 7 years as a graphic designer

I won my appeal and the back pay arrived this week. Thank you in advance. It covered the rent I was behind on. Keep going if you are waiting.

That is great news. Thank you for sharing the tip about keeping records.

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it 9 months ago, and it settled down once I kept a simple log of every call and form.