I totally hear you about the "no place to be" blahs. Something my therapist once suggested was make a regular appointment to volunteer someplace--animal shelter, soup kitchen, whatever. It's minimal enough to keep your schedule open for interviews, etc., but it's enough of an obligation to get your behind out of bed in the morning.
being unemployed for two weeks sounds great. I know exactly what I would do for two weeks with no job.
get past that second week and it would start to drive me absolutely nuts too.
so... complain away. any envy has definitely shifted to sympathy and appreciation for how much of a wonderful wife you are, even when things kind of suck.
I'm trying to motivate myself to do things like write Christmas cards and consistently study for the GRE in the mornings before work, rather than just sit around the house on the internet. If it would be helpful to have somebody else over doing something so you feel accountable to also do stuff (and have some company) we could totally team up to do said projects! (I don't know HOW Chris manages to work out of her home- I would fail so miserably at being self employed. Respect!)
Everything you've said, has been how I'm feeling or have felt over the past 6 months.
Though I doubt you will have to wait 6 months to find a new job.
It's hard when everyone says "Oh, now you have all this free time! You can do whatever you want!" but all you really want to do is have an obligation that forces you to get out of bed every morning. More specifically, a job.
When your hobbies become your sole occupations (not by choice) they become unfun. I used to love knitting, now I have this irrational distaste for picking up my needles.
I would like to say it gets easier, but it really doesn't - you just learn to ignore it most of the time, and have brief moments of motivation and positivity that you cling to with every fiber of your being.
I really do wish you the best of luck, and if you ever get bored of schlepping around Baltimore, there's an unemployed lady down here in Brandywine who could totally use some company, haha.
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get past that second week and it would start to drive me absolutely nuts too.
so... complain away. any envy has definitely shifted to sympathy and appreciation for how much of a wonderful wife you are, even when things kind of suck.
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live in awe of my self-restraint.
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(I went to the gym today to jog and my right buttock is sore. Frack. Just wanted to share.)
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Though I doubt you will have to wait 6 months to find a new job.
It's hard when everyone says "Oh, now you have all this free time! You can do whatever you want!" but all you really want to do is have an obligation that forces you to get out of bed every morning. More specifically, a job.
When your hobbies become your sole occupations (not by choice) they become unfun. I used to love knitting, now I have this irrational distaste for picking up my needles.
I would like to say it gets easier, but it really doesn't - you just learn to ignore it most of the time, and have brief moments of motivation and positivity that you cling to with every fiber of your being.
I really do wish you the best of luck, and if you ever get bored of schlepping around Baltimore, there's an unemployed lady down here in Brandywine who could totally use some company, haha.
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