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The joy of unemployment is...well, not being required to show up for work every day. The pain of unemployment is a little more complicated:
Being required to show up for random 'job search orientations' for unemployment.
Feeling like I really don't have what it takes to be successful in the world cause I look at my resume and know that there's a lot of other unemployed people who are way more qualified than me.
Always feeling like I could be doing a little more to look for a job.
What the hell is a resume really supposed to look like anyway? What's the magic formula?
Is it worth it to take work that doesn't pay much more than unemployment?
Etc. Jeez. The not having to show up for work is pretty good though. On the whole it balances out pretty well.
Daniel
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huggle huggle huggle!
Posted by: shauny | November 3, 2002 4:35 PM
I hear you Daniel. Man the mind-fuck of self-worth gets tangled with the need for money to function in our society. As someone who is grossly underemployed and making the least amount of money in her life, take the unemployment checks as long as they roll in baby. Remember when we were at the rainbow gathering with all the other wild poets? I had to leave the gathering to find a telephone to call-in my unemployment for the week. That was a sweet deal. People tripping on the 4th of July and me hitting the 'yes I've been looking for a job' button on my touch-tone phone. Good times.
Posted by: Linda | November 4, 2002 5:39 AM
I love you Daniel. From the moment I first looked into your sweet little face over twenty seven years ago I knew that the world was a better place for having you in it. This has been shown many times to me as I see your generosity of spirit. My life is certainly better for knowing you and I know I can always count on you when I need someone to talk to and to understand me. As long as you are surviving on unemployment, then enjoy the freedom of the moment. You'll jump back on soon enough. I know you will find work when you need to, you always have. Ok, ok, how Mom like. I'll quit, but it is all true. Especially the part about I love you.
Posted by: Mom | November 4, 2002 12:51 PM
Go mamasan!
Yeah, I love you too.
Rzan
I love you too,
Sam.
Posted by: Rzan n Sam | November 5, 2002 12:38 PM
Dan, enjoy the government funded vacation. They very rarely give it to anyone that needs it anyhow so by all means take a break and enjoy it. And Mamma T always was a little mushy.
Posted by: jay | November 6, 2002 7:20 AM