Okay, maybe I'm exaggerating a little. But that is the best explanation for my absence in the blogosphere as of late.
Being unemployed is incredibly time consuming.
My days are filled with all sorts of things that don't always have immediate results in regards to employment but must be done just the same -- spending entire days at the unemployment office, career workshops, resume revamping, teaching myself PowerPoint, posting status updates to Facebook, watching Barefoot Contessa, etc.
Of course, I also spend a good deal of time sending out resumes to potential employers both here in my hometown and in Chicago.
Add in my yoga workouts, my daily devotionals and the occasional errand and the day can get away from me pretty quickly.
Even though I am as busy during the day as I was when I was working, the busyness doesn't seem to have quite the same effect on my body or mind. "Working" from home, at my leisure, doing mostly what I want to do, does not leave me as physically or emotionally drained at the end of the day as working in an office did.
This causes the days and weeks to just fly by. I start the week tackling my little to do list and, before I know it, it's the weekend. And how refreshing is it to spend a Sunday evening not dreading the coming Monday?
I could get used to this lifestyle.
But. I won't. I'll just revel in it instead.
Oh, I'll always diligently look for full-time employment, but I'm also going to savor every second of every day that I don't have to work for "the man".
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Entire days at the unemployment office? Wow, in NY they let you get your benefits online now!
Our unemployment website specifically says that if you live in my county you HAVE to apply at your local office. You could not do it online. And then, after waiting at the office for 4 hours, I hear the secretary tell someone that they could do it online.
Our unemployment office website really needs to get their shit together. It would save the clients AND the understaffed personnel a lot of headaches.
I'm glad that your outlook is positive. I can't wait to read that you've got a great new job! As for the unemployment lines, my sincerest sympathies!
love, this is a well-deserved break.
youve earned it.
now, revel and all that other juicy stuff.
and ps...im thinking i have to apply for unemployment, but secretly, i think i have a chance at the visual/performing arts in dtla. only time will tell...
Wow! You're...um...you're...
Brenda Starr!
Hi grizz!
grizz, im the ms who left the comment. i dont know why blogger gave me a new identity.
but i hope youre well and making the best out of this situation!
maria
Yes, do enjoy your "vacation." When you consider how many days out of our lives we bust our humps to go work for "the man," getting a chance to have a stretch where you don't have to do that is really a blessing. At the same time, I hope you find work soon! Being unemployed is no fun, I know!
What did I miss? When did you become unemployed? That sucks! Or if it was your idea, congratulations. I’m just surprised.
I just went back and read your unemployment post. How did I miss that? I check on you everyday, for Christ sakes. I’m really upset with me right now. I feel like I have betrayed a friend. I am sorry I missed so much. Senior moment???
That's okay, coffeypot! I have senior moments too.
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