How I stopped worrying and learned to love the lotto
A fool’s guide to financial independence through unemployment
Unemployment is a weird kind of freedom. It’s kinda like a snow day until you remember: oh shit, I still gotta shovel the driveway.
The relief of unemployment comes with the panic of will the next plan work out?
A guy can lose a lotta sleep worrying about his financial stability.
That’s why I decided to take action.
I went out on a walk to buy a lottery ticket.
Normally, I wouldn’t buy a lottery ticket, but for Christmas, Laura gave me a scratch and win ticket.
It was a $20 ticket, you know, the deluxe kind.
But from that $20 ticket, I won $50.
Well done eh?
A more responsible person might consider this win good enough. They would use this windfall to cover a bill. I used it to buy ten weeks of hope. Ten tickets for ten draws, ten weeks in a row.
In leaving a job though, I’m left dreaming:
What do I have?
What do I need?
What can I get?
What am I gonna do with this?
An outta work fool has neither money nor structure.
That’s a bit of a problem.
But right now, I’m enjoying a wealth of time - a wealth …
