Unfortunately, today's society and the economy doesn't always cater for the jobless. We sometimes entertain the thought of not working and have money rolling in, bills are paid on time and life is just comfortable. Sadly, that will remain a dream unless you win the lottery or is heir to the Hilton Fortune. I often ask myself would I be able to handle a life where I don't have to work? My answer is no! I need to work, I need to have a routine, I need to expand my social network. I'm not one of those women who is content with sitting at home and have the husband raking in the cash.
Currently, I'm looking for a job and so is my husband. Long story short, we were abroad in Tokyo, then we went to Solomon Islands; Discover our dream and we are basically here to create a capital and go back to Solomon Islands and build our project.
We can survive without jobs because of our reserve fund and the Swiss government is paying him a certain amount of money every month. We are living comfortably, traveling when want to. Unfortunately,for most of us it's the security that counts. What happens when the government change their policy or decided that my husband is fit enough and shouldn't be relying on them for income. When we loose our stocks and so forth. Not having a fixed income monthly does affect us psychologically. Our friends are envious of our freedom to visit the thermal baths, hiking and do what most people with jobs cannot do. I for one envy their life, wake up in the morning, your day is all planned out. 8am at your desk. 5:30 you are on your way from the train station, exhausted. Sounds crazy but after 3 months of asking myself what to do with all the time I have on my hand, after the first month it drove me mad. My biggest problem till now is how do I spend this day? Some days it's a bigger problem than paying my bills. Like right now, I'm lounging outside the house, iPod, book with my iPhone blogging and praying that this day will somehow skip a few hours.
People tell me to enjoy it because once I'm back in the office I would be dreaming of more free time. I really don't think so. I like to be busy, makes time fly by real fast. I have a husband, good family around but I also remember a time when my day off was killing me. I prefer to work 7 days a week, long hours. Another bad habit I picked up while working in Tokyo. When I had a job in Tokyo or back home I was always reluctant to leave. My former employer sometimes order me to leave. Sometimes he would say something like 'you don't love your family anymore?' or 'are you getting a divorce?'. It freaked out my former supervisor once when he found out I spent the night in the office. Just because I prefer to work than go home watch TV and sleep. Don't get me wrong, I love spending time with my husband but! Work has always been my best friend.
Anyway, in the last month I spend more time at the tennis court than Roger Fede
rer (oh! I can say that after his performance at the French open 2012). I play tennis, then go biking before heading to the gym, study French and job hunting.
This is a sex killer, hahahha! If having a busy working life kills your bedroom activity. Don't feel alone, the jobless life is not helping either. All these just total up to ruining a perfect marriage.
The problem with our society is we cannot find a job that allows us to work just enough hours and still manage to pay our bills and live a comfortable life. During my parents era raising 5 kids on a single income was possible. Difficult but possible. Today I watch my friends who as oppose to me rather stay home and be mummies get up each morning to go to work because with two kids, mortgage, health insurance etc etc they cannot afford to survive off a single income.
I often think of other jobless people out there. I would love to sit down with them and compare notes. Maybe offer a few tips on how to stay sane. My husbands cousin sister has been unemployed for almost a year now. With a political science degree majoring in media communication, she's been sitting at home for the past year not knowing if she will ever find a job. And the longer you are without formal employment the harder it is to get one. Employers are reluctant to hire people who are out of the workforce for more than 6 months. Unless they have a valid reason like traveling or re-enrolling in a university or whatever they deemed acceptable. Always hard to know what these employers want. Well if we all do then non of us would be jobless, right?
Apart from keeping my phone connected and health insurance paid on time my biggest problem is what to do with all the free time I have. And don't even try to suggest traveling or having fun>> the jobless cannot afford to travel or have fun. And slowly more and more sightseeing spot has been taken over by the tourism industry turning it into another money making hole. For now I'm content with drinking coffee, reading, getting wasted once in a while and slowly rot away.
We can survive without jobs because of our reserve fund and the Swiss government is paying him a certain amount of money every month. We are living comfortably, traveling when want to. Unfortunately,for most of us it's the security that counts. What happens when the government change their policy or decided that my husband is fit enough and shouldn't be relying on them for income. When we loose our stocks and so forth. Not having a fixed income monthly does affect us psychologically. Our friends are envious of our freedom to visit the thermal baths, hiking and do what most people with jobs cannot do. I for one envy their life, wake up in the morning, your day is all planned out. 8am at your desk. 5:30 you are on your way from the train station, exhausted. Sounds crazy but after 3 months of asking myself what to do with all the time I have on my hand, after the first month it drove me mad. My biggest problem till now is how do I spend this day? Some days it's a bigger problem than paying my bills. Like right now, I'm lounging outside the house, iPod, book with my iPhone blogging and praying that this day will somehow skip a few hours.
People tell me to enjoy it because once I'm back in the office I would be dreaming of more free time. I really don't think so. I like to be busy, makes time fly by real fast. I have a husband, good family around but I also remember a time when my day off was killing me. I prefer to work 7 days a week, long hours. Another bad habit I picked up while working in Tokyo. When I had a job in Tokyo or back home I was always reluctant to leave. My former employer sometimes order me to leave. Sometimes he would say something like 'you don't love your family anymore?' or 'are you getting a divorce?'. It freaked out my former supervisor once when he found out I spent the night in the office. Just because I prefer to work than go home watch TV and sleep. Don't get me wrong, I love spending time with my husband but! Work has always been my best friend.
Anyway, in the last month I spend more time at the tennis court than Roger Fede
rer (oh! I can say that after his performance at the French open 2012). I play tennis, then go biking before heading to the gym, study French and job hunting.
This is a sex killer, hahahha! If having a busy working life kills your bedroom activity. Don't feel alone, the jobless life is not helping either. All these just total up to ruining a perfect marriage.
The problem with our society is we cannot find a job that allows us to work just enough hours and still manage to pay our bills and live a comfortable life. During my parents era raising 5 kids on a single income was possible. Difficult but possible. Today I watch my friends who as oppose to me rather stay home and be mummies get up each morning to go to work because with two kids, mortgage, health insurance etc etc they cannot afford to survive off a single income.
I often think of other jobless people out there. I would love to sit down with them and compare notes. Maybe offer a few tips on how to stay sane. My husbands cousin sister has been unemployed for almost a year now. With a political science degree majoring in media communication, she's been sitting at home for the past year not knowing if she will ever find a job. And the longer you are without formal employment the harder it is to get one. Employers are reluctant to hire people who are out of the workforce for more than 6 months. Unless they have a valid reason like traveling or re-enrolling in a university or whatever they deemed acceptable. Always hard to know what these employers want. Well if we all do then non of us would be jobless, right?
Apart from keeping my phone connected and health insurance paid on time my biggest problem is what to do with all the free time I have. And don't even try to suggest traveling or having fun>> the jobless cannot afford to travel or have fun. And slowly more and more sightseeing spot has been taken over by the tourism industry turning it into another money making hole. For now I'm content with drinking coffee, reading, getting wasted once in a while and slowly rot away.
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