Being unemployed stinks. I've been unemployed for about three months now. Quite frankly, I am so bored. I spend 2=3 hours every morning perusing job sites and taking phone calls so I can give my unemployed friends references.
After you have cleaned your house past sanitary and well into compulsive, here are some ideas for keeping yourself entertained.
Read your spouse's books.
I read romance and mysteries and science fiction. My husband reads Newsweek. I am becoming unbelievably current. I even read those little articles no one else even sees.Don't get dressed for a week
Go to the mailbox in your bathrobe. Your neighbors will talk about you but at least it's some attention. Potential employers certainly aren't giving you any.Get really good at a computer game.
Pick one that requires the brain power of a worm. Right now, I play a lot of Zuma. I laid down to go to sleep and see little balls moving sinuously along serpentine tracks. I think, "Wow, this is what my parents sent me to college for." They must be so proud.Watch soap operas.
These people lead slow-moving, boring lives, interspersed with wild excitement over something of relatively low import in the larger scheme of things. Wow, me too!Write goofy articles.
It's time-consuming and you think you've accomplished something. Especially when you contact everybody you know and asked them to read them. Some will actually like them. The rest, well, you'll never know because they don't post comments. They probably hated them. Why did I want to be a writer anyway?Stare at the phone, willing it to ring.
I've spent as long as ten minutes as this. It isn't working, but it is something to do.Research re-tiling your bathroom.
You know it needs it. Mine certainly does. Figuring out all the ins and outs and where to buy tile for the best value. Do Not Plan On Really Doing this. You're unemployed with no money coming in. You can't afford this. But you can spend many hours on it for free!Watch the Olympics.
Why not? How many of the competitions can you name? Isn't it nice that they put them on while you're on the bench?
Well, that's what I've got. I was hoping to get to 10, but I've run out. Maybe I'll go vacuum now.
Make lists. Making lists can take up hours--especially if you cross reference them.
Learn to play a musical instrument--even if you aren't musical. Penny whistles and recorders are cheap and guaranteed to get more attention from the neighbors than going to the mailbox in your bathrobe.
Fun article...hang in there, and keep writing!