Nearly the end of a bad year

With this years horrible economy and with the unemployment on the rise I wonder and hope that next year will be different. How much worse can it get? I have been looking for a job myself since April of this year and have had no luck. So needless to say it's been a very stressful year. Which brings on the emotional eating. I've been gaining weight this year because of it. I've also lost all my friends, they've all moved to other states and there is nothing harder than making new friends. It's nearly the end of November, just one more month to go and I have great hope that next year will be much better.