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Posted on Sep 4, 2015

The Perks Of Being Unemployed

(Almost) Every cloud has a silver lining.

by June Yokakul

Community Contributor

There are two types of unemployed people in this world:

1. The ones who cry and whine about their horrendous, misfortunate situations and slowly drown themselves in the waves of depression.

and

2. The ones who pick themselves up from the ground, saying "I'm gonna make a big comeback like a real f*cking boss."

Now it's time to question yourself, which one are you?

I know that being cool and calm when you're unemployed is the most difficult thing to do. It's like you've just been through a breakup, but with your job. So it's kind of acceptable for you to be miserable about it for a little while.

But don't take too long to pick yourself up and function as a human being again. Drowning yourself in your negative thoughts forever isn't going to fix anything.

So you need to pull yourself up from the ocean of misery and start creating an optimistic outlook on your life.

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Welcome to the optimistic world of unemployment!

Of course the word 'unemployed' sounds super negative to almost everyone on this earth. But that doesn't mean you can't find any good thing in it.

Every cloud has a silver lining, right? You just have to believe that this is not the end of the world and you're going to get by.

I like to treat this unemployment thing like I treat myself when I have to go through a bad breakup, which includes eating a lot of chocolate, having a Harry Potter movie marathon with my best friends, drinking a lot of vodka and telling myself that I'm a fabulous human being and a f*cked up relationship can never take that away from me.

You can do the same things when you have to go through an unemployment phase.

The key is you have to give yourself a massive confidence boost and fuel your soul with positive energy.

And then it's going to be a lot easier for you to see some of the good aspects of unemployment such as:

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And now that you don't have a job anymore (sorry for being harsh!), you have more time to look back at past events and think things through. What do you really want in life? Have you been working hard enough? What went wrong? Why didn't you value your relationships more? etc.

And if there are any issues about family, friends or your significant other that need to be resolved, it's time to think of the solutions. What you have now is your personal life and you need to make it awesome.

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This might sound impossible, but who knows? You might become the next big thing! Maybe you've always loved music but didn't have much time for it or were too scared to pursue your music career. Now you might want to start playing gigs at bars and make good money from it.

Or if you've always been good at baking, why not try selling your homemade bakery? There are plenty of options here, you just have to believe in yourself that you can do it.