Money Diminishing, Sunshine on the Rise

Hmmmm, unemployment looms around the corner and I'm not entirely sure that I mind being laid off. I don't relish not working but I won't miss the current insanity that I call a job.

Obviously, it's not actually worse than no money, but the thought that seems worse right now is that of facing into a barrage of calls from idiot recruitment agencies feigning interest, not actually bothering to read my CV, suggesting that I'd be interested in Sharepoint development or application development. I wouldn't mind so much if any of them picked up on the interesting stuff, like my physics background, my diploma in PR, my pilot's licence; no, they see the word SharePoint and I'm suddenly a developer. It really makes me resent the fact that they get a percentage of the money that I earn.

What I am going to miss is the fact that I'm 12km from home - close enough to be reasonably convenient, far enough to be a decent cycle. I've been cycling 3 or 4 days a week since January and I've notice a real improvement in health and fitness. The other thing I'll miss is the hour for lunch and the proximity of a green area which allowed me to started running. I'm on week 5 of a "Couch to 5k" program. Funnily enough, while I'm toning up and getting fitter, I haven't lost a single pound despite all my cycling & running. I'm claiming I'm building fat-burning muscle and that the weight loss will follow.

As for the social element of the workplace; I've got people I can socialise during working hours so being out of work isn't as lonely as it could be but I will miss the craic with the girl in HR who shares my sense of humour ("What do you call a priest on roof, Christian Slater") and who has made me think about broadening my taste in music - now currently listening to Elbow, Franz Ferdinand, Bell X1 (though I have an album of theirs already)

So, contract termination is a mixed bag - it brings obvious problems but has some positive perks. There's no money but the daylight is stretching and all that sunshine is going straight into my bucket of happiness.