{"id":915,"date":"2016-03-11T07:28:59","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T13:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extrapolatethis.com\/blog\/?p=915"},"modified":"2016-03-11T07:33:10","modified_gmt":"2016-03-11T13:33:10","slug":"everybodys-working-for-the-weekend-oh-wait-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extrapolatethis.com\/blog\/archives\/915","title":{"rendered":"Everybody’s Working For The Weekend…Oh Wait, No"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ending out week two of unemployment and some of the things I’ve learned so far:<\/strong><\/p>\n

– Illinois Department of Employment Security, not so bad to deal with. Online experience very good. Lots to complete, but simple enough process. *crossing my fingers benefits are approved*<\/p>\n

– Sucks when this happens on the last day of the month. Our medical benefits literally stopped as of that day.<\/p>\n

– Healthcare.Gov, similar experience as IDES, pretty good. Simple online process, quick and very user friendly IMO.<\/p>\n

– Keeping to a routine is very important. It has made me feel pretty productive over the last two weeks.<\/p>\n

– I can be awesome at meal planning when I want to be.<\/p>\n

– Ebay, not so intimidating. Their app makes buying\/selling straight forward. My Adventures In Ebay<\/a> is going well with one sale already under my belt.<\/p>\n

– It takes a while to get used to not being work-busy and the stress that goes along with it. I still find myself pacing the house with that caged animal feeling. I suspect this will go away as time goes on.<\/p>\n

– You can regrow green onions over and over again by leaving the root in a glass with enough water to cover the roots. Doesn’t really pertain to unemployment, but still something I learned recently and I’m trying out. They’ve tripled in size since I started a couple on Monday!<\/p>\n

– I don’t watch as much TV as I thought. I haven’t had the TV on once since I’ve been out of work. Not intentionally, no effort put into it, just haven’t had it on. Instead though…<\/p>\n

– I have though been listening to music every day. I turn Pandora on in the morning and let it play all day. My top channels: Today’s Country, Rock Hits, 80’s, & Today’s Alternative.<\/p>\n

– It’s good to take a hard look at your expenses and see where you can pull back. We have a few things we’re changing (Nicole or I will write about these soon). I wish we had done some of these earlier, wasting money is wasting money regardless of your situation.<\/p>\n

Joe-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ending out week two of unemployment and some of the things I’ve learned so far: – Illinois Department of Employment Security, not so bad to deal with. Online experience very good. Lots to complete, but simple enough process. *crossing my fingers benefits are approved* – Sucks when this happens on the last day of the …<\/span> Read More →<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Everybody's Working For The Weekend...Oh Wait, No\r\nhttp:\/\/wp.me\/p3SUar-eL","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-unemployed-average-joe"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t