Next, the jobhunt:
- Apply for everything you can get. Qualified or not qualified, just get out there and go mental. Apply, apply, APPLY!!!
- Hassle. Because hassling is proactive and keeps you on the radar. It’ll also give you something else to do. Fun, right?!
- Remain upbeat and positive. Alright, it’s not got me a job yet but it’s stopped me from collapsing in a depressed heap in the corner of my unemployed pit.
How to pass the time:
- Unemployment is the most boring lifestyle of all, because everyone else is at work in the day whilst you’re sat at home watching the clock. A great way to make the day go quicker is to set a TV schedule and stick to it. It’ll be like a little routine, you’ll learn the TV guide and become pretty damn knowledgeable on the scoring tactics of Come Dine With Me. You’ll also feel like Phillip Schofield’s best friend.
- Go walking in your spare time. It’s free, it’s exercise and you’ll probably bump into someone who’s worst off than you. Nice little perk up.
- Get out of bed. You’ll get nothing done from wrapping yourself up in a duvet. I like to tidy and start planning dinner from about 10am.
- Chart how many hours you go a day without saying any words out loud. I once went 36.
- If you must go out for drinks, try and convince everyone that doing rounds would be the best idea and then leave when it’s almost your turn. Maybe fake an emergency phone call or something, just be surreptitious.
- If you are forced to go out for dinner, only eat half and then request the other half to be placed into a doggy bag. Then take it home and have it for dinner the next day. Perfect money saver.
Unemployment is without a doubt the most boring, depressing and soul destroying time of life, how people do it as a lifestyle choice is beyond me, but the key is to keep busy, stay positive, and make things fun. Failing that, learn the routine to Gangnam Style. That’s gotta be good for something, right?