Being unemployed

So it's 8.23am here and while everybodys going of to work i'm chilling out with my morning cig and a cuppa wondering what i should do today.

It's been over 5 years since i've had a job and i used to be ashamed of this but it's kindoff developed into a pride that i don't feel at all pressured to jump on the band wagon with everybody else doing mundane, mind numbing, soul destroying shit just for money and stuff and social status etc etc.

Dont get me wrong i am not sitting around doing fuck all, well 3 of they years were speant being homeless and dealing with alcoholism but i wouldnt change it, i learned alot. I'm at college now though it only takes up a tiny percentage of my time admitadly and i still have occasional relapses with substance misuse that knocks me back every couple of months but i deal with it and try and take something positive out of it each time and learn.

Anyway i'm unemployed but not unhappy, i still dont think theres enough hours in the day at times but i'm content that my life is as rich as anyone else doing a 9 to 5. I'm interested in loads of shit i have an unquenchable thirst for knowledge which i keep satisfied so i dont feel stagnant one little bit, i have ambitions and a sketchy plan, i tend to go with the flow more than anything else and that old chestnut of sitting on my arse claiming benifits....dont get me started, when i do a get a career in my choosen profession i will pay it all back and then some so you can fuck off down from your pedastool there.

So congratulations if your unemployed i hope your making the most of it as i am :2thumbsup:

 

You're in college. That's not unemployed.

 

I am a part-time student though i am also legally in full receipt of benifits signed off sick at the moment so according to the system i'm unemployed.

 

I'm employed, but today is my day off. And that sucks because it is 6:45 AM in my part of the world and I'm awake. ...What the fuck.

 

Are you on benefits? Do you give time to charities?

 

I'm moving away to South America, and I'm going to hit my boss before I go.

I like my boss. It's just principle.

 

to quote john lennon:

"time you enjoy wasting, is not wasted"

 

good job getting a job in your field after 5 years of not working.

 

I aprecciate what your saying though i don't remember reading anywhere that i am required too.

And yes i have done a little charity.

 

Yes if i sat around idle for five years my job prospects would look bleak however i have done alot of positive things and right now my future looks very promising thank you very much.

 

how is "doon the glen" these days? Fuck sake man it's a long time since I heard that. It was always a euphemism for up to no fucking good

 

Does it still have the animals?

 

lol dunfermline glen doesn't, shit loads of squirels and a renogade peacock though, they used to keep they little marmoset monkeys and a reptiles if i remember correctly but not anymore. All the good parks used to be better from what i can remember when i was a kid.

 

Kinda seem like a waste of space to me. Can you imagine a world where every person had to contribute? Gasp!

 

Sometimes life and the curves are a learning experience that are just as valuable in the long run.

Enjoy the freedom while you have it and best wishes on the path that you are now on.

 

They used to have a wee farmy thing with guinea pigs and rabbits as well as birds and monkeys. A bit before your time I think Chris!

 

i live my family and I am unemplyed but if I had no family to take care of me i'd probably be a bum but hey I don't need money to be happy.

 

This is actually relevant...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCbDF-OPDX4"]the streets --- the irony of it all - YouTube

 

heh a lot of people look on me shamefully because I work 3 days a week. But I got painful long-term injuries and a terrible mental state so I feel like telling those people to piss off. If have one real weakness though it's the booze, I just love the bite of a really stiff drink. But seriously 3 days a week is awesome I love the extra time, I could do this for the rest of my life.

 

Enjoy being a student.

Life's not as carefree after studentia.

I am now employed, making decent money, but between myself and my boyfriend, we have about $50,000 debt. Should take us awhile before we can afford a house, kids, another car, etc.