Funemployment Itinerary

Because a gal can only scroll LinkedIn for so long

I always say, working in start-ups has high-highs and low-lows—the frequency of layoffs being one of ‘em. Yes, that’s right, I’m back on the job market after my third layoff this past week.

Layoffs aren’t personal, but it sure does feel like it when your job, the one that takes up 40+ hours of brain space a week; and your coworkers, who you giggle and gossip with on Google Meets; and your actual work, which you take immense pride in because you can’t help it, is simply “eliminated.”

While I’ve been cycling through feelings of panic and relief, hope and hopelessness, I find comfort in that I’ve been here before and live to tell the tale. It’s a sign from the universe, I say when I’m feeling woo-woo.

Because there’s only so much LinkedIn searching and networking a gal can do, I’ve started a list of other ways to fill my time during this unknown period of time, alongside moving, which I also have to do this week when I return from my trip home to Chicago. (Shoutout to my Saturn return for this wealth of change.)

What would you do if your days were more open than ever?

What museums or shows or bakeries or workout classes would you try?

What would you do that you can’t when you’re nine-to-fivin’?

This past Thursday, for example, my mom and I got cannolis from a new-to-us bakery, then went to see a matinee showing of “Devil Wears Prada 2.” No Slack huddles in sight.

My Funemployment Bucket List

• Upstate Day

• Riffle through magazines at Casa Magazines

• Chase a runner’s high and remember I’m more of a walker

• Walk around listening and nodding along to Emma Grede’s book “Start With Yourself: A New Vision for Work & Life”

• Ponder my personal metamorphosis in The Butterfly Vivarium in the American Museum of Natural History

• Sweat it out with a mid-day sauna sesh at Othership or Lore

• Spoon into this technicolor fruity whip at Happy Zoe Vegan Bakery in Greenpoint

  

  “Raw vegan sugar free organic passion fruit dragon fruit mango guava blue spirulina banana by @happyzoeveganbakery” - their IG

• Visit Klimt’s Drawing Show at Gladstone (open through June 17)

• Take the ferry to the Noguchi Museum (free on the first Friday of the month)

• Find inner peace at The Floating Mountain Tea House in UWS

• Wiggle around at dance class

• Snag one of the coveted 12 seats at Stars in East Village

• Manifest a new job or an incredible freelance client while eating baked goods at Gem Home

  

  Applying for jobs here doesn't seem so bad (from @gem.nyc IG)

• Annual Red Hook Day with Soph

• Finally finish the shaggy strawberry carpet I started months ago

• Look up flights and remember I have no income. Close search tab.

• Opt for Vienna on the UES with a coffee, cake, and a journaling moment at Café Sabarsky (P.S. this is your call to go now as it closes at the end of month until fall)

• Paint watercolor cards for anyone and everyone

  

  Recent cards I've made

• Repeat, repeat, repeat: I don’t chase, I attract. What belongs to me will find me.

That’s all for now. As always, thank you for reading and subscribing.

If there’s something you think I should add to my list, I’m all ears. Xx

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