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Active Leisure

http://activeleisure.wordpress.com

The day-to-day observations & humor from someone who is unemployed and attempting to navigate through a life of "Active Leisure"

Added on: Aug 13th, 2009
Country: United States
Language: English

Author: activeleisure
Listed in: Career & Jobs Observational Humor
Tags: humor Career Leisure job unemployment lay off

Recent Posts

Budgeting for The Holidays

Posted on Monday December 14th, 2009 at 10:26 in frugality, Observations, gift giving, unemployment, Money Matters, holiday spending, christmas budgeting

Lately it seems that every time I turn around I am spending money. Which, to someone who is unemployed, isn’t necessarily the best plan. As I’m sure you can understand, it’s Christmastime and therefore there’s obviously another whole new ...
My Santa Wish List

Posted on Thursday December 10th, 2009 at 15:11 in Observations, christmas, santa, wish list

As Christmas approaches and I’m asked what sort of goodies I’d like from Santa, I can’t help but fantasize about creating my own real wish list. So, if I could have anything I want this Christmas, here are a few things you’d find on my list...
My “Mental” Awakening

Posted on Monday December 7th, 2009 at 14:24 in Observations, unemployment, multi-tasking, forgetful, mush brain, symptoms of unemployment, mental awakening, missed birthday

You may have noticed that my regular blogging schedule has been all screwed up. I have to be honest and tell you that lately, I’d forget my head, if it wasn’t screwed on. As I ease myself back into the world where my days are actually filled with...
‘Twas The Night Before My Lay Off

Posted on Wednesday December 2nd, 2009 at 14:48 in humor, Observations, poem, unemployment, life lessons, recession, twas the night before christmas, lay off, company meeting, laid off - now what?

In honor of the Christmas holiday I have created my own lay off version of “Twas The Night Before Christmas. I hope you enjoy! ‘Twas the night before Tuesday, when the email came out A company wide meeting… what’s it about? The emp...
A Year In Review

Posted on Tuesday December 1st, 2009 at 16:22 in reflection, Observations, Current Events, mood swings, bad days, christmas time, good days

As a reader, you may be able to tell when I’m having a happy day or a bad day.. and, since the mood swings of unemployment can be so severe it’s virtually impossible to keep them out of my blog. So I’m sure, if you’re a regular reader, that...
Will I Ever Be Normal Again?

Posted on Monday November 30th, 2009 at 17:21 in real estate, motivation, employment, sleep, normalcy, muffin top, weichert, symptoms of unemployment, laid off - now what?

Today, as my alarm went off at 7:15am… which by the way, is the earliest I’ve been up in months…..I wondered how long it’s going to take me to adjust to a normal schedule again. Or the more detailed question I asked myself … will I ever...