Being unemployed sucks, but here's someone making the best of it

"The first month, I was totally lost," Higby said. "I was either moping around the house or chasing leads for jobs that were ridiculously out of my reach. But now I have experience under my belt."

Through a months-long process of trial and error, Higby has learned the tricks of the unemployment trade.

"Leaving the house every single day is very important, even if it's just to spend a few hours at the coffee shop organizing the MP3 files on your laptop," Higby said. "I try to be out the door by 2 or 3 in the afternoon—no exceptions. You have to get out and do something during the day in order to not feel guilty about going out drinking that night."

Higby warned strongly against going to bed too early. [The Onion]

I love The Onion. It's almost sad how much this article sounds like some parts of my life (not everything since I don't go out drinking really). But it's a fun read anyways. Anyone wanna hire an out of work computer geek with 10 years of sysadmin experience?