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I have been unemployed for four months now and I am bored as shit! I actually miss working for crappy money and kiss-ass bosses! I know eventually I will start working again and grow tired of it. Hopefully, I will remember how being unemployed is even worse! At least going to work everyday gives you a sense of responsibility and a paycheck! So I ask now, is this normal?
There are other ways to experience that sense of responsibility you desire.
I haven't worked for a year and a half now and I'm never bored. I'm a university student. I volunteer for the SPCA. I take care of my nephews for my brother whenever he needs it. I paint pictures, I garden, I hike mountains, and I'm a brackish water aquarist. Busy, busy, busy.
My husband has been unemployed for several months now but he is more busy now then when he was working. He volunteers his time with non profits and runs community meetings. He is working with neighborhood associations to help people build gardens. Just because you aren't getting paid does not mean you can't work at something. Volunteer your skills.
@Americanhoney
you're one of the best posters here don't let those idiots make you feel otherwise. I rarely comment but I watch how a core group of these people dominate the sight and act as though they are the popular clique from highschool, and dare anyone say something they don't like.... Look out. It's pathetic and boring. Keep posting, I and others think you're hilarious and ever truthful!
you say you want responsibility in your post so your on the right track. at the very least if yr working and bored your getting paid for it.
Im in uni but hardly ever have to go and i have a job at the weekend but i im so bored during the week.
I have a part time job, and Im not in school this semester and I go crazy sitting at home all day waiting for the weekend so I can work 2 days a week...i hate it and want a full time job just so I can have something to do.
I agree with Mando, but then again, he does give some of the best advice on this website.
You wrote (to the o.p.): "I really love paying your way through life"
Being unemployed does not mean a person is on welfare. Your assumption that it does highlights a typical American attitude of individualism that rejects helping others in need - that and your aggressive defense of your opinion.
Besides, the original poster didn't say they didn't want a job: they said they "miss working" because it gives them a "sense of responsibility".
Americans are not the majority on this site, your bullying doesn't fly here.