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The Surprising Benefits of Being Unemployed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the glass-is-half-full dept.

SimuAndy writes "David Dvorkin, a programmer and writer of some repute, has published an essay on The Surprising Benefits of Being Unemployed. Well worth the reading time as a small break in a busy day."

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  1. The reality of popcorn for the jobless by JusTyler · · Score: 4, Informative
    Speaking of things you don't need, what about that tub of buttered popcorn


    Popcorn is actually an ideal foodstuff if you're on a very tight budget. It's SO cheap!

    I bought myself a popcorn making machine for $20. Basically it's a big "hot air generating machine". You throw your popcorn kernels in, they get heated up and blown around for five minutes, then they all pop and out tumbles the popcorn.

    You can buy a bag with two lbs of kernels for about a dollar. Lasts me about 15 gigantic bowls of popcorn. Keeps your regular too. High in fibre.

    So you pay about 7 cents a bowl, which is a good stomach filler in the evening, and a cent or two for the electricity needed. Popcorn is a bargain, particularly if you like it plain, or with some salt thrown over it (as I do). Just make it YOURSELF.
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  2. "simple living" by penguin7of9 · · Score: 4, Informative

    There is actually an entire movement of people that have discovered this. Look for "simple living" on Google. "The Simple Living Guide" by Luhrs is pretty nice reading, too.

    Even if you don't want to adopt frugality and simple living right now, just knowing that you could can make you worry a lot less about the future.