No matter how much you love your profession, a job is a job, and if we are honest, there are days when we just don’t want to work. Now that I’m unemployed and have no choice, I find I am missing certain things about my previous workplace.
5. The Cafeteria. I feel like a kid saying that his favorite part of school is recess when I choose the cafe 
as a thing I miss about work, but it’s true. I used to complain about our cafe, as you are like to do when it’s the same 
place day after day for 21 years, but there were some really good things. Like free coffee. And on Wednesdays it was buffalo chicken wrap day. I could go for one of those wraps right now. And the salad bar – I have to chop everything myself if I want a salad now. And on taco days, they used to have these pickled red onions as a condiment – I loved those.
4. A paycheck. This will totally go up to #1 when my severance runs out, but I already miss the fact that I’m not earning a salary. I am used to the security that my income provides my family.
3. Socializing. I totally go to work to talk to other people. Where else would you go to be with people who have the same interests as you do? There were some groups with whom I worked that even liked to socialize outside of work. I miss this ready-made social group.
2. A schedule. It will come as no surprise that the “naturally disorganized” mom is missing the forced 
march of a working day. Being let go in the summer has been a blessing and a curse. I *love* sleeping in, but find that the day ambles by and before I know it, it’s 5 PM and Chuck’s home and it’s time to start making dinner. Which leads me to . . .
1. A sense of accomplishment. Sure, many of my work days were frustrating and mind numbing, but there was always a feeling that you were working towards a goal, and some days were really productive. I miss that feeling.
