What is Prosperous Unemployment?

So what does the phrase "prosperous unemployment" mean?  You're probably thinking that this phrase in an oxymoron.  How is it even possible to be prosperous without a regular salary or wage?


Let's start by taking a closer look a the word "prosperous" as defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary:


pros·per·ous
Pronunciation: \ˈpräs-p(ə-)rəs\
Function: adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin prosperosus, from Latin prosperus

Date: 15th century

1 : auspicious, favorable
2 a : marked by success or economic well-being b : enjoying vigorous and healthy growth

"marked by success or economic well-being"

Throughout this blog I will endeavor to provide you with tips and strategies for success and economic survival, if not well-being, during your unemployment.  Can I make you filthy, stinking rich? Probably not.  Do I guarantee that I'll find you a job?  I can't find myself a job, so no.  What I can provide are realistic ways to bring in some extra cash to help make ends met. 

"enjoying vigorous and healthy growth"

Obviously economic survival is the primary challenge while unemployed, however, it should not be your only goal.  If your only focus is to survive, then you've regressed to the days of the caveman.  You have to get away from the thinking that your life is "on hold" during unemployment and that any growth as a person must wait until you start receiving a monthly paycheck again.  In fact, the unemployment is the best time to reevaluate your life, decide what changes you want to make, and start making them. You do, after all, have a lot of time on your hands, right?