Having been through 5 months of unemployment and tightening my budget down as tight as I have ever had it... I understand.
No time like the present to start looking at new skills, odd job skills (in NC you can make up to $200 a month while on unemployment), or selling what you don't want or need. I also took the opportunity to start giving things away just to clear clutter.
But I didn't eat out, travel or buy much of anything not necessary. I cooked every meal and stretched them out. I had a pre-paid gym membership so I used it, but I supplemented that with walking - almost every day. It's good to get away from the computer and it made me feel better in general.
The interesting thing is that now I'm working again, I have loosened the budget in some ways but not a lot. I'm still walking most days.
I wish you the best in your job search.
Maybe it's time to give that porn name a test drive?? :-)
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No time like the present to start looking at new skills, odd job skills (in NC you can make up to $200 a month while on unemployment), or selling what you don't want or need. I also took the opportunity to start giving things away just to clear clutter.
But I didn't eat out, travel or buy much of anything not necessary. I cooked every meal and stretched them out. I had a pre-paid gym membership so I used it, but I supplemented that with walking - almost every day. It's good to get away from the computer and it made me feel better in general.
The interesting thing is that now I'm working again, I have loosened the budget in some ways but not a lot. I'm still walking most days.
I wish you the best in your job search.
Maybe it's time to give that porn name a test drive?? :-)
--bailey
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