Funemployment

I read an interesting story in The Japan Times. It was about "funemployment."

I have read the word "funemployment" for the first time. According to the story, it means the condition of a person who takes advantage of being out of a job to have the time of their life.

Millions of Americans who were laid off are struggling to find work as they face foreclosures and bankruptcy. But some people enjoy the time of unemployment. They don't spend their days poring over job listings. They travel on the cheap for weeks, head back to school or volunteer at the neighborhood soup kitchen. And at least until the bank account dries up, they are content living for today.

It is a happy unemployment life. I think the current recession in the US is not the worst circumstances. Because there are some people who can afford to choice their lifestyle freely such as funemployment.

By the way, I have a job. But I feel I am doing similar things.