Setting Out On My Learning Expedition

Hello cyberworld. My name is Elena, and I am one of the 3 million plus unemployed people across the country invading the coffee shops, libraries and other public places with free wireless Internet. After the initial shock of the elimination of my job had abated, I decided to "get out there!" For the past two months my search has been in high-gear. I scanned a variety of job websites everyday and went on several informational interviews a week in an effort to expand my network. As I continued along on the path to my new job, I began noticing more and more news articles, radio and TV shows with advice on what to do while unemployed-- and it wasn't job searching. I started to think that maybe there really IS a better way to do this. Spending so much time pouring over job websites looking for postings is tiring, isolating and discouraging. Waiting by the phone or your email account for people to respond takes you out of the drivers seat. Well I have had enough, and today I am taking charge of my destiny. I am making a promise to make the most of the time I have now, by committing to learn or experience something new everyday for the duration of my unemployment. And of course take anyone reading these words on the journey with me.