The great and vast ocean of the blogging unemployed has allowed us to share our knowledge and insight. From answering questions on how we get through to the unemployment offices, when our checks arrive and even how we build our Web sites, there is a lot of sharing going on. We may not have bonuses [...]
Posts Tagged ‘good at life’
When EDD doesn’t answer my calls
My epic fail relationship with EDD continues.
A morning without technology
When pretending you were born in the wrong era backfires.
Goal update: learning how to run again
My vision quest during unemployment.
The McNulty complex
Passion. Enthusiasm. The quest for knowledge. In normal circumstances, these are terms that are quite positive and can be highly beneficial to those currently in a job and those searching for one. But there is a dark side. What happens when someone is blinded by their own neurosis and obsession over finding the one perfect [...]
I love credit card companies redux
Credit card companies are my BFF. No, not in the sense that I’ve been living off of them and evading the numerous 1-800 and unavailable calls several times a day, but in the sense that they are helping me stay fiscally responsible. Yay adulthood. We finally meet and you are much lovelier in person than [...]
When nothing isn’t good enough
Dealing my own cool hand
Three ways to know if your job is the one
You think you found it. That perfect job. Well in this economy it’s probably the perfect job for now. It’s reliable. It pays the bills, and it gets you out of the house. It may not have the piercing 401K you passed up last year, but nothing is sexier than a steady paycheck. But how [...]
Pseudo-unemployment: the fashion tote collectors’ item
Exciting things are afoot. It’s almost like I have a full-time job but I don’t, and that’s actually perfect for me. What I do have is my own makeshift, full-time, part-time contract work to fill up my next month. In other words, for the next few weeks I will be able to get out of [...]
When your unemployment relationship starts to go toxic
How do you celebrate two months of unemployment?