Feeling of liberation after losing a job
By scheng1
@scheng1 (24649)
Singapore
April 2, 2016 9:32am CST
In Canned: How I Lost Ten Jobs in Ten Years and Learned to Love Unemployment, Franklin Schneider described the feeling of liberation after he got fired from a job.
I can understand that feeling even though I was never fired from any job.
I had to tender resignation and served the full notice period or worked till the end of the contractual period.
After the last day, I had the feeling of freedom, of liberation too.
The first day without a job is always the best.
I can sleep late, and go to the supermarket while the rest of the world are working.
I can go to the beach, to the nature park, and everywhere else because I can.
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@cherriefic (10399)
• Philippines
2 Apr 16
I lobe that feeling cause you feel free.
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@kaka135 (14994)
• Malaysia
2 Apr 16
I can understand the feeling of freedom as well, but I didn't really enjoy the first day without a job. I always thought of taking a short break (at least a month) between jobs, but I think I was quite blessed as I always got a job just after I tendered my resignation letter, so I always got to start the next job very soon.
But, I think at least now I am enjoying the freedom of doing what I want, to certain extent. 
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@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
10 Apr 16
@kaka135 Yes, many colleagues belong to the group of mothers who prefer to work than staying home to take care of their children.
They are very tired when they take care of children.
At least when they work, they have a time to knock off and go home.
Taking care of children does not have an end time.
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@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
3 Apr 16
I like to be cash-flow positive, and I want to have it without a job.
I still am building up a consistent cash flow from investment.
I have not planned it very well when I first started investing for income.
I would get dividend for about 6 out of 12 months, and the income is not consistent too.
I have to do it better so that I have dividend income every single month to cover my expenses.
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@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
3 Apr 16
@TheHorse No, not at all.
If you use a money manager, you are entrusting your money to him to invest.
For me, I do not trust anyone to manage my money.
I rather learn, invest, and now I can say that I am much better than many money managers.
For last year, my dividend is about 10%.
The year before was about 8%.
Think of it as a saving account that pays 10% interest, isn't that great?
It all depends on the companies that I invest in, and my investment knowledge.
@lilnana1111 (2305)
• United States
3 Apr 16
I feel a little insecure when I don't have an income coming in, I worry about how I'll pay my bills.
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@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
3 Apr 16
If you have prepared for a few months before you quit your job, there is no need to worry,
In the case of this author, he planned to get himself fired from the job so that he would get unemployment checks.
In many cases, he just refused to do as told, or he argued with his boss and insulted his boss.
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@lilnana1111 (2305)
• United States
3 Apr 16
@scheng1 Yes it does help to prepare ahead of time for it.
@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
2 Apr 16
Yes, I had the same feeling when I resigned from may 8-5 job. I can enjoy my family, do gardening, etc. But we can't enjoy the very long "vacation" if we did not save for it.
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@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
3 Apr 16
If you want to quit, you have time to save for it.
If the company is in bad shape, the employees better save for a period of joblessness too.
The company will definitely reduce manpower or even close down.
Most of the times, we are not fired from the job, so we have time to plan our finances to enjoy a period of freedom from work.
