Unemployed, or What You Do With All This Free Time
Maybe you're going about this "laid off" thing the wrong way. Sure, finding work is tough right now, but look at the bright side: this is YOU time. Finally, you can everything you've always meant to do, including open that frozen custard shop!
Go On A Spritiual Journey
Jesus, rainbows, and unicorns are calling!
Write A Bleak Philosophical Manifesto
I’m just sayin’…
Read Some Russian Novels
Because you have plenty of time, and why not match the downcast times with Russian literature?
Learn How To Cook.. Better
You see, this will come in handy when your girlfriend goes to work (to support your unemployment). Then, when she comes home, you can make her dinner!!
Get a Job!...Any Job
Take it from Desperate Housewives star, Eva Longoria: desperate times call for equally desperate measures. (Okay, we know that no one who works at the Wendy’s drive thru looks like that, but…) If you are an able-bodied individual of working age, skip the unemployment line, suck it up, and just get a job somewhere in the meantime. That “mean” time might be pretty mean and will almost certainly be leaner than you’re accustomed to, but at least you’ll be paying your own bills. Going on unemployment is not going to help revive our economy, which in turn, is not going to help you find a job in your field of expertise any quicker. Also, it will come back to bite you come tax time next year…
Have A Duel
Code duello demands that you and your mortal enemy take care of things mano-a-mano, with plenty of witnesses.
Photo Credit
Toronto… kind of like Brooklyn, except it’s Toronto.
It staves off the insanity.
DO SOME SIT UPS
I mean, if you’re going to be broke, bored and jobless….you may as well be sexy.
Learn a Language
You get bonus points if it’s a semi-obscure that you’re never actually going to be able to use.
Hibernate
Haven’t you always wanted to try?? Now’s the perfect time! It doesn’t matter if it’s winter; you can hibernate through any season. See how long you can last.
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