Yeah, so our office is on work-share again for a couple of months. The writer's strike of last year is still reverberating through the industry in that small companies like ours with about a dozen employees in that financial reserves were depleted. Then there was the lovely threatened actor's strike led by SAG, which meant that a lot of productions put off starting, so we're not getting the usual boost from increased movie production this year.
Anywhooo.... All this is to say that I have today off. Next week I'll work three days and will receive unemployment for the other two.
My advice if you're in this boat is to figure out the cheapest things that you enjoy doing and make sure you continue to do them. For me, investing a couple of bucks in a cup of coffee is well worth it. I get to sit at Barnes & Noble Cafe and look at a stack of books...and decide which ones to request from the library.
Mmm. Double espresso goodness.
Other good things to do : keep moving (hiking's cheap!), read, connect with friends, listen to music, get outside.
Grow stuff. I've started cucumbers and herbs. The big sprouts are cucumbers...they weren't even out of the soil in the morning!
2 comments:
Bravo! I love your tips for managing through tough-ish times. Good advice even for those of us who are NOT laid off. Well, guess having all our days free is a little like that. (Ah, retirement! Lovely!) k
k- I could honestly get used to this! Making plans for next week already!
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