I love being unemployed

There, I said it. I love having all this time to myself, getting to do what I want and when I want. If I want to work on some of my hobbies, or go out and socialise, I can do that. Equally, if I want to lie in bed all day, I can do that too. It’s so refreshing being free of the toxic productivity culture we have, that only serves capitalism. Sure, I struggle with my mental health, but thats been the case my whole life. However, being unemployed has given me the space to actually work on my mental health and grow as a person and experience new things. Work and college just burn me out and make things worse. We only have one life, yet we give up most of that to work. I am just lucky I am in a situation where it is financially viable to be unemployed for a while (savings and living with parents), but it wont be forever and isn’t possible for most people. I really hope with the innovations in AI that we consider moving to a world where work is optional rather than compulsory. I hope we also stop valuing people on their ‘productivity’ and stop shaming those who don’t want to work constantly.