No Work? No Problem!

One of the worst side effects of unemployment (besides, of course, lack of financial stability, insecurity, general depression, etc.) is the boredom that comes with it. The thrill is gone – you’ve now caught up on your sleep, getting up at noon on a weekday is no longer a novelty, and sending out your resume only takes up so many hours in a day. So here are a few ideas with how you can fill your day.

1. Work out! For one thing, you get to use the word work in a sentence! And while all your friends are miserable eating junk food at their desks, you come out of this looking better than all of them (because let’s be honest, fear of losing one’s job is not flattering).
    
2.  Clean your house! It’s productive, it’s free, and everyone benefits. Just think, when you take someone home their first thought will be “well, they may not be working but doggone it they’re clean.” (Note from the editor: try not to take home anyone who says “doggone it”).
    
3. Organize your itunes. Your music is all over the place! Get it together! Don’t you hate having over 100 genres? Doesn’t it annoy you just the teensiest bit that The Beatles also comes up as Beatles and Beatle? Remember what Steve (ahem) Jobs said, itunes organization is next to godliness.
    
4. Since you're fixing up your itunes, make your friends mixes. Make playlists that fit every occasion! Who doesn’t need a dance playlist, a dinner party playlist, a “cheer-up” playlist, a “fuck off maybe I want to be sad” playlist?!
    
5. And while you’re on your computer, organize it! Make folders for everything! Delete files you don’t need and free up some hard drive space.
    
6. Now that you’ve freed up hard drive space, download more music for your amazing mixes! Get that amazing live cover no one knows about! Get the albums before they come out so that you can be over them by the time your friends are discovering them. 
    
7. Surf the internet and superficially learn as much as you can for your next dinner party. This is the time to find out about the last Elvis sighting. Read tons of editorials – it’s a great way to get the news and have someone else tell you what to think about current events.
    
8. Create a profile for some internet dating. You don’t have to meet them, but having random strangers flirt with you will boost your ego and definitely provide hours of distraction. Who couldn’t use the extra time for some mojo increase? It will come in handy when you take Mr. Doggone It home.
    
9. You cleaned your house, you made your dinner party mix, so now cook! Make recipes that take 4-5 hours to prepare. You’ll save money on going out while perfecting a useful skill and your flatmates/friends/close ones will love you for it. Plus you get to eat whatever you want because you’re working out the next day!

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