Unemployed

I've been unemployed for a week now. For the first time in my adult life, I have no authority that tells me how to occupy my days. This wasn't by choice. It's all Donald Trump's fault, to be honest. If not for this regime, I would be living in a different city right now working on something in science policy. Then things got even worse, and due to continued pressure, my advisor can no longer fund me. I'm kind of in a honeymoon phase because I can get by this month thanks to my last paycheck. But the reality is that the job market here sucks, and I'm geographically restricted until spring. I probably won't find a job for a couple more months. So what to do in the meantime? Try to not feel bad about myself. Never in my life did I expect to have to file for unemployment shortly after finishing a doctorate, but such is life. It's hard to not blame myself though. I try to remind myself that I've been fairly efficient in my twenties. My PhD took a bit longer to finish than expected, but…