Some people view unemployment as negative, I see it as an incentive to do more, or less, than my normal routine.
List of things to do while unemployed (aka get ready for a new job again):
- Work out a lot, skinnier people are happy people, while I am at it my cat needs to go on a diet too
- Learn to live like a cat, how do they sleep so damn much, is this better for me than sitting at the office?
- Clean my house, because it doesn’t happen when I am working
- Paint a painting for cash, and do the paintings I owe for people
- Go on at least four trips, one being in Europe and one being more than a week long (then hopefully I won’t have to take as much vacation when I am employed again)
- Try something new or out of my normal habits
- Go to the beach more than 10 times this summer, what is the point of living blocks from the beach if I never use it?
- Try 3 new bars in the suburbs and 3 new bars in the city, any suggestions?
- Make date plans with each of my friends
- Go to more than 3 Chicago festivals and at least 2 suburban area festivals
- Shooting guns at an outdoor range
The world seems to have changed since I was last free from the chains of the work world, I have to get out there, read the news and try new things. Did you know that there are over 40 festivals in the city alone just in the summer?
Things to stop doing while unemployed:
- Hustle, stop trying to make extra cash
- Eating bread, after seeing that the food pyramid has changed I will need to cut out a few things
- Reading work emails, somehow even though I am still unemployed I still check my e-mails religiously
- Wearing underwear, so much laundry, not enough money :)
- Dry Cleaning
- Laying around on the weekends
- Buying things for people when I don’t have the cash
- Buying clothes, while I am at it I will try to wear everything in my closet at least once
- Working crap jobs for assholes
I have a second round Job interview this week so I suppose that I should get started on this list. I hope I have some time between now and my next job so I can go to the 3 new trips I have planned. Maybe I should put looking for jobs on the list of things not to do.
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