Daily Comic Journal: November 8, 2022: “Election Day In The Life.”
This is another one of those comics where I hope that I don’t come across as a hypocrite. For nearly two years I’ve been depicting my plight as an unemployed man, desperately searching to work again so I can earn a living again. Yet, here in this comic I’ve admitted to buying this DVD, the documentary of The Beatles, “Get Back”. A DVD, that I really don’t need. A DVD which a person watching his dwindling funds probably shouldn’t have wasted that much needed money on. I told myself that I should at least, from time to time, allow myself to enjoy things (like the times I go to the movies). Am I right? Am I wrong? I can’t answer that.
I guess the answer depends on whether the public library had a copy.
I’d say you’re right, provided of course you don’t succumb to temptation on a daily basis. You’ve still got to feel like you have a life – anything else will break you down and potentially plunge you in to a depression that will certainly not make you more employable. I’ve been in similar situations (though not quite as badly – I live in a country with better social security than the US), and I allways allowed myself to go take a coffee in a cafe and occasionaly go out for a few beers on a saturday evening – I would have gone stir crazy without that,