The upside of unemployment

Disclaimer: Okay firstly I don’t take unemployment lightly. I know it’s tough (I’ve spent a lifetime on job sites for myself, friends and family – I have wiped tears, my own and theirs when rejection letters came and cursed companies that don’t have the decency to reject you) I know that there are far too little jobs to go around and I know there are people starving because of this.

The type of unemployment  I’m referring to is the type you choose , the type you signed up for, the unemployed on paper (so no one pays your medical aid and pension but you) but working your butt off in real life type of unemployment.

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