A Snack For Your First Week of Unemployment

The last (and only!) time I have found myself suddenly thrust into the world of unemployment was the dead of winter in 2019. It was cold, isolating, and mostly just…sad? Scary? It’s hard to summon the will to do anything when it gets dark at 5 pm and is like 10 degrees outside.

It is arguably a better time to find yourself jobless in the middle of summer. You can go to the beach every day, if you want to. You can explore the world of NYC public pools, which are still a novelty to me (you have to shake out your towel and turn your book upside down to flip…