Everything in this life is temporary.With job or without job you keep on living.I had time when I was unemployed and at the first beginning you feel freedom.You can just stop and stare ,enjoy the beauty of life,meet all of your family/friends .Then comes question:why don't I do something?This feeling when you know that there is better lifestyle when you feel useful,socialising and buying the things you want and growing in your career ,feeling important.Without work you can survive if you have support but you will die inside of you,empty and unrealised,no goals,no meaning.Work is a passion and it makes you feel motivated and happy ,especially if you do the job you like.Anyway every person better knows what is better for him.Consequences is another question
I remember when I quit a job and didn’t work for a while. You’re right that in the beginning you’re so happy and have freedom. It’s actually a really good feeling. I visited family all the time and even helped them out on things. However, after a while you do get bored and for some you’ll even stress out. Also depending upon what your financial status is you could suffer or maybe not. I think if you don’t work you have to keep your mind busy and learn a new skill. Or even better, if you had a dream to be something before. Why not go for it? I actually did that myself and I was successful! Now if you can’t do any of that, it is important to keep your mind busy. I would read, do math, exercise, learn to code! Do not just sit on the couch and do nothing. If you do nothing you will get depressed and things will start to become worse. Also yes, socializing with others is important. Even if you don’t intend on working you should still go out on interviews just to keep sharp. You know what’s best for you.
Wow!I liked your view as well.Just keep yourself always busy and you will avoid negative thoughts.
If you are financially comfortable without the paychecks, learn to invest your money.
I have been off work from a long term toxic job for almost 2 years (depression and anxiety) and I have never felt so free , balanced and appreciative of just living. Don’t get me wrong - having anxiety and depression takes its toll. And the basic need for some money means I have to go back to a similar hopefully less toxic job part time.
The funny thing is I honestly don’t feel all that worried about what others think (a little bit perhaps - I’m not a sociopath). Here in the mindfull eye of the cyclone, the world and the people in it seem so stressed, driven and desporate to be “enough.” It’s that same desperation for other’s approval you see on Facebook - all those photos of “seeming” to have a great life. What could possibly be the motivation for such photos but the need for others jealously or approval. What a waste of time. They’re not bragging - they’re wanting, pleading to be “good enough.”
Look. I understand that for many people work is necessary to live or because they’re passionate about their work. I get that. I will have to work part time too live too.
But what about all those people who work their asses off for a better house, better holidays, better better better - at the cost of their health, their relationships with their kids or time to just appreciate a flower. And for what? I think they are so trapped in their comparison trap that they miss the bleeding obvious…
I wonder if those who look down on me may actually feel confused and resentful. Just a thought. The real work is the work of letting go of all that comparison rubbish. A simple mindful life is a good one. And no - I’m not a cult leader - I’m an aithist and I believe this life is all there is.
I agree with you.
Your good intentions matter
Atheist
Don’t talk to me about “dying inside” without a job. I’ve been unemployed for a very long time. It’s not work that’s the problem it’s the state of the work world today. I hate politics if having a salary means licking someone’s ass that i absolutely despise just for survival that’s as toxic and as harmful to your health as being unemployed. What’s worse? Being in a toxic work environment and coming home stressed every night where you take your anger out on your wife, your kids, your parents or down gallons of alcohol or vegging out at home all day long not having any money or very little of it. It’s a double edged sword if you ask me. Damned if you do damned if you don’t scenario.
Please get some Help.God Bless You.
He is right. You do run into a☆☆holes. Like my previous job. Worked 12 years and my team grew the business and doubled everyone's earnings. Then out of the blue come these prized jerks and cut everyones salaries by half, and pocketed the money. Kings and queens lost their heads for this. Here we have the same thing once again - with a☆☆holes arisen from our own ranks!
Help with what? Becoming a wage slave.
Man was created to live through his work. This is the path each one has to go through. Taking a sabbatical break is very important if you are not enjoying what you do.
First of all is HEALTH then FAMILY》 WORK 》 MONEY.
Wow !Golden words!Highly agree
No, he wasn’t. Work is a modern-day construct to make a few people rich!
I am unemployed just surviving on a disability allowance after reading your post I dont feel as useless. I have been taking courses to help me get over anxiety and depression built up over a lifetime of mental abuse by me now ex. I didn’t do well at school as the teachers could not be bothered with me and didn't understand me and I was bullied so often I could not concentrate at school. Wasted yrs. I am smart but have never used it after being told by my cruel ex I was ‘simple’ and ‘stupid ’which he actually was and managed to waste a ton of money given to him by my family and wasted business opportunities and using his own family and now using his new woman's family to get a house built for him plus he is a dad again at 52 and his three older girls want nothing to do with him and he wont let go of my only son. He will fail in his life as everyone will get sick of him slowly. I am going back to uni to study something that will get my brain activated again and after a lifetime of being a mum and never having a job and not believing I could be anything better. I know I can be better. I have a smart dad he is not here now I lost him many yrs ago but he would encourage me to be the best I can and go for it. My late dad was a Barrister Solicitor and Lawyer. I come from a smart man I know I can do it. Its never to late to study and be your very best I'm 49 but I'm going to study for yrs until I get the job I want (not cleaner, painter). UPADATE, not studying now, was not helped only hindered, they were not equipped to handle and help a old stressed lady, wasted my time and energy just enrolling, liked the classes but people to disruptive. I help my daughter now and grandkids, the best reward is family, except the ones that hurt you…
I wish the best for you.
I like this reply. but you do need to get a job that is closely related to your interests otherwise you will get bored and be unmotivated…Jobs these days have so much petty red tape to hurdle that you really do need to be interested in some aspect of the job to overcome the monotony.
We are living in slavery that our masters calls FREEDOM. Freedom for the masters that capitalism is all about.
Yes work does take your mind and time but a hell of a lot of people cannot work and cannot change that so believe it or not there can be things in your life that supplement work and I have worked all of my life and there are no real rewards at the end of it if you are blessed with good health and that includes mental health your a winner so no black and white I’m afraid
Life is not about a job, but where is your heart. If you are living from the love within the rest will fall together.
Job without life is a lifestyle you chose.Some people just feel happy and realised while at work,so they don't mind to do long hours,not having proper rest,coz their life seems miserable when they are out of work.But some people are struggling to get some extra money,help family and definitely circumstances that don't allow them to enjoy the beauty of life.
We are all so different, I feel happy and motivated reading people thoughts spoken from hearts :)
Victoria, good answer, but you may struggle when it comes to retiring/reaching pension age. I wish you well though.
Actually the goal is money not the job itself.
If you won a 100 million jackpot woud you still look for a job ??
It is difficult to imgine if you have never been in that kind of life.
I never thought it would be hugely impact, severely depressing and most of all almost no hope for you and your loved one.
Don’t ever be there without prep and no support. If you can ask this question, you are perhaps young and blessed by a fortunate up bringing.
No stable job, no employments and no future. That’s what your mind will tell you.
Life without a job is a very painful life and it can demoralize you to feel inhuman.You have no financial freedom of buying your needs and wants and these can lead into chronic demands.You are dying of expectation from your relatives and friends who are struggling to meet their needs.Now I am jobless from poor family with my illiterate mum who raise me up paying my school fee from primary up to secondary SCHOOLS selling her crops away for my schooling but now my internal feeling is not stable because of having no job to feed my wife,my children and my old mum.
For me without job and money is not freedom.You cant do enything.Just staying home.This is a big problem and depresson comes quickly.Sorry for my eng.
I couldn´t agree more when you said: “Without work you can survive if you have support but you will die inside of you,empty and unrealised,no goals,no meaning.” I work as a freelancing teacher for quite a while and when I don´t have students I feel misearable and useless.
Where is there to go?
True.”Then comes question:why don't I do something?”…….”Without work you can survive if you have support but you will die inside of you,empty and unrealised,no goals,no meaning.Work is a passion and it makes you feel motivated and happy ,especially if you do the job you like.”
No sorry , I don t agree with this. A lot of Indian ladies get married and their husbands don t want them to work. They ask for homely ladies. Also a lot of retired people dont work. These people don t feel empty or even children from rich families , they may have a business given to them by parents and the business runs itself. They are mostly at home . I don t think they die inside of them or feel empty and unrealised or un important . They have their own meaning in life . We are all different. I appreciate you have your opinion but life can be happy without working if you have the right attitude and means
It can if you are Financially secure.But if you do not have a job,income coming in its a Nightmare. Please keep up with what everyone is saying. I'm retired 😕 I just said to myself, I Thank God for Allowing me to be able to Stay home.I can do what I want,TO GOD BE THE GLORY 😤 👏
Have you ever tried to open your horizons and change or search for a job in another country?!Never give up .Your place exists as well,just look around
Spot on Victoria. I took a step back years ago and it helped me identify my goals better.
My boyfriend has no job and seems perfectly happy doing nothing all that important all day and all night . I work and I struggle to pay everything .
Your boyfriend needs to get off his lazy ass and help you out..where do you women find these guys? Do they live in there moms basement? Trustfunder probably..where do they get there money? Unreal..bottom feeders..good luck with that..
I found him in front of me in the dark ; he thought I was my son in law and guess what , he was living with his mom at the time and I still fell for him , I love him and we been through alot together .
Agree.Working on improvement!
This is a really good thought provoking answer. Nothing is a given in this world, there are people who fair better than others, usually the common factor behind this is generational wealth and the ability for people to rely or even depend entirely on family financial support. Sadly, the difference between rich and poor is this, the poor need to keep on working to live, whereas the wealthy can live relatively risk free and continue to focus on personal development without being sidetracked by actions to support themselves.
Here in the UK there is an obscenely large wealth gap especially in the south, with many younger students coming from a family background of privilege, the playing field is not equal, despite the perceived accessibility of the education system and various professional fields of work. Normally, family background dictates which professional field you will fall into and which doors will be opened for you to achieve this.
However going back to the very beginning, you can still seemingly have the world and lose it all, as humans and animals we are naturally and instinctively designed to survive, and that's what we will continue to do by adapting to our new circumstances and finding a way to keep pressing forward. I find those who are heavily money oriented cannot appreciate the simple things of life and spend too much time focusing on the end result rather than paying attention to now and the world around them, you would be surprised just how many people have never looked up to see the stars or took a long walk down the coastline or within a forest to admire the nature and scenery around them. The strongest are usually those who can rise from the toughest of obstacles, so whilst some continuously face obstacles, they continue on regardless, whereas those who have never had to deal with big obstacles can fall at the first hurdle when it arrives because they have not developed resilience and survival instincts.
Agree especially with the “born to be rich’ part. Life is based on causality and effect and if you have the misfortune to grow up in a poor family then it's tough luck from there onwards.
True. I agree 100% I am not working due to health problems that can’t be fixed. I have NO support. I am the youngest and the only girl/lady. I have accomplished A LOT on my own. I am living off ODSP and a small widow’s pension.
The best medication is accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, repenting of your sins (old ways), picking up the Bible and reading it consistently (it may get harder in the near term but persist for a while and you’ll start to see noticeable positive changes in your life eventually).
I know many very wealthy people who do not have to work, they live off their stock dividends. For some accumulating wealth is their obsession, like a contest they just have to win. Most would never be able to handle a full time job.
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Bullshit nonsense.
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Whatever I do ..I get a loss ..I have been advised to stop working
Everything is life, you asking whats life without a job is life
If you got money it's One of the greatest things ever. How can you complain. No reason to be bored You can do whatever you want. It's your own stupidity if you lay around and do nothing.
Yessss…
I feel you. I had a nice office job in IT with good money, but I wanted to expand into something more focused on communication and marketing. Since leaving that IT job, I haven’t worked in an office for a while. Most of the jobs I have hadsince then were just side jobs that weren’t relevant to my studies.
I have been unemployed for more 6 months now, and working in unskilled jobs does not give me any satisfaction. It feels like a choice between that or being unemployed, which is quite daunting after such a long time.
I have a friend who chose to be unemployed and has been for several years. I wonder what he does to keep his brain active and continue learning?
I think the real work is loving people, and that can be done employed or unemployed. The real work is prayer. By prayer and work. If you don’t like where you work it is probably because there is very little love, and very little prayer.
Freedom!
For many of us ,life without a job means far less money which = a worse life overall. I'm 62 n Disabled so I really can't work to get more money so I'm grateful to God for SSI n my partial pension but I really cannot buy everything I need actually let alone what I want . My cat costs quite a bit himself. IM still happy overall , but it's a lot of sitting on couch watching TV. The life I now live ,i live by faith in the son God who loved me and who gave himself up for us All
Your Talents, Knowledge and Gifts will Always make Room for You !!!
Really. Still life just not employed at the time.
👍 been in both situations but liked with job. Job takes yout mind away from unwanted thoughts and without job (sports hobbies) keeps your unwanted thoughts also away.
Completely agree everything in life is temporary. Things change every day ! ups and down likes dislikes love hate you name it ! Nothing is certain apart from life and death. Money comes and goes, trends come and go, beauty grows old. Health is the only thing that you can help yourself with. And of course love ! In abundance mo matter what your going through.
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