Unemployment
Today, for the first time in 7 years I became unemployed. Granted In the last 7 years I have had a few days between jobs (in one case, being strictly honest 2 months) but today, for the first time ever, I finished a job with no real desire (or likelyhood) to move into another.
There is a slightly odd feel to this. For an awful long time going to work has been a part of my weekly routine. Having the money has been part of my routine, and that odd satisfaction that you get from the combination of the two has also been a part of my weekly routine. Yet, while I don’t want too be giving my age away too much, I probably got a first job a bit young. Not that I’m complaining mind you, its just that I’m now a bit young to feel like I’ve been working forever…
Anyways, it’s not like I’ll have that much free time coming up - final year in college looks to be busy. At the moment my count in college for essays numbers about 30,000 words. That’s not counting things like the reading that will involve or anything. Still though, overall I have to admit that its a good thing. My reading list has not shurnk at all and I have gotten a load of dvds and other books recently.
Anyway, I just felt that this ‘landmark’ in my life should be marked somehow … so, I’m having a beer. Might as well do go into unemployment in style…