- tyler@programming.devEnglish9 days
No you don’t. Unemployed means you’re actively searching for a job. It’s stressful. You want to be retired with a lot of money.
- 9 days
unemployed and not looking for a job here! we do exist, but generally only for short stretches.
- tyler@programming.devEnglish9 days
Sorry I guess I should have been more specific. In the USA you are not legally considered “unemployed” unless you are searching for a job. https://www.bls.gov/cps/definitions.htm#unemployed
Maybe you are legally unemployed in other countries but the U.S. does not consider you part of the statistics otherwise. So that “unemployment rate” doesn’t include you in it (if you’re in the U.S.).
- 8 days
that’s why the “under-employment” statistics exists! it includes such cases, and also cases where you do work but don’t earn enough to live off it.
- 8 days
fuck da government. “un” means “not”, “employed” means “having a job”, im unemployed
- zaphod@sopuli.xyzEnglish8 days
If you define yourself by your employment status you probably want to be employed.
- Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish9 days
I’ve had two stints of “no job, have survival and fun money and not looking” for a year and two years. Best times of my life. Working from home is almost as great, but it makes having to go into the office horrifyingly worse by comparison.
- 8 days
yesss! this is my second time :3
i kinda wasted the first by being hella depressed, but this time is going great
8 daysI need to learn how y’all manage to not become homeless while unemployed
- Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish8 days
Also full-on luck for myself and my partner. Something happened and we both received free money during the couple years we were both unemployed on top of having been investing a bunch. We also got wild healthcare due to some circumstances, so I went from not having been to a doctor since I was a kid to doing like ten doctor things and elective surgery and tests out my butt cuz everything cost nothing. It was glorious, and I miss it very much.
- 8 days
its 100% luck 😭
i had a really great paying job, but it was mentally and emotionally exhausting (not an inherent issue with the job, just didnt work for me). im currently living off of savings from it.
i do advise that if you try this, you should start looking for a new job before you think you need to in case it takes longer to find something decent
Oh yeah, makes sense, anyway, i hope your mental health is better now :D
- 9 days
me too… id commit to my passion of doing gay stuff full time
- 9 days
I dont even need the lots of money, ill take just enough to be comfy and an occasional splurge on expensive toys.
- Emi@ani.socialEnglish8 days
I feel like this would fit 90% of people. The rest would probably want to live in a villa with servants etc. But most people I assume just want to live and enjoy life without needless stress.
- 8 days
still takes millions to reliably do that without working for decades
- Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.worldEnglish8 days
Or you could spend those decades working and retire with millions, only for predatory health, elder care and funerary systems to siphon all of it away within a few short years. Forget about Boomers leaving an inheritance for the next generations, there are entire industries dedicated to sucking out all their wealth right at the end.
