Originally Posted by
Joe
It depends. really. When I was last unemployed, for about 6 months in my early 20s, I was happy as Larry. No money, but also no responsibilities, apart from rolling up at the dole office every other week to sign a form. My outgoings were almost nil; I spent very little on food, and back then the idea of forking out a couple of quid for a coffee would have seemed laughable.
I'm not in the slightest bit 'driven', and it was only the acquisition of responsibilities (mortgage, wife and two children) that got me out of bed in the morning. Other people can't abide being idle, and will work until they (literally in some cases) drop.
I was also unemployed in my early twenties and it was a great time in my life. There was literally no work, not even manual labouring so no need to feel guilty about 'dossing'. Nothing to lose, nothing I had to do except sign on once a fortnight. Got used to having no money, discovered ways to work around it. On the minus side I did sometimes worry about the future; you can't go on like that forever. Once I had a mortgage that was it, I had to stay in work. Fortunately by then there was work, I was always able to get something and keep paying it despite being made redundant twice. If I'd been stuck on the dole then I would have lost the house, that would all have been a bit grim.
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