I need to buy a house? Taking paycuts is a luxury many cannot afford. I do get the point, i took a pay cut in my current job. But that was after a long period

I need to buy a house? Taking paycuts is a luxury many cannot afford. I do get the point, i took a pay cut in my current job. But that was after a long period of unemployment and i had to re skill. During said unemployment i was under a lot of pressure to take any job, including those, that quite frankly, would have damaged future prospects by depriving me of time and on job knowledge. But tbh, before i lost my job, i was already retraining myself as i didn’t see much future in where i was going