Unemployment suits me well. Because I'm pretty easily entertained when I actually have a desire to be entertained, I can go for hours lounging on the sofa watching reruns.
True, I'd rather have a job where I earn enough money that on the weekends I can go to the mall and buy crap, but right now I'm sort of using this time to find a job that I actually want to still be employed in five years from now.
So, I've been pulling up lists of businesses in the surrounding area and scouring thier job listings for anything remotely related to writing or editing (that pays). I've been on all the local and national job boards looking. I've even driven around office parks in the area trying to see what large companies are located near me. I refuse to go into another one-man-shop type environment. Unfortunately, I'm trying to break into a field where I have no network whatsoever.
I've applied for a few entry-level type things, but we'll see. I can only hold my breath so long before I have to go out and do some temp work to pay for baby bibs.
I've learned the hard lesson that no matter how broke you think you are when you're working, you can totally afford to tuck away $100 here and there to have an emergency fund for situations like this. Just a couple thousand dollars could go a long way.
Posted by Tiffany at September 6, 2006 02:46 PM | TrackBackI employed with one of those "one-man-shop" operations, so I totally relate to your feelings about them. I started a savings account with INGDirect online in Jan. 06 and began to make deposits weekly for "just in case". I'm considering leaving there soon to take a Real Estate course so the funds will definitely come in handy.
Posted by: Sheron at September 6, 2006 05:14 PM