While American workers face “forever layoffs” and struggle to find work in today’s tumultuous job market, some are reframing this era of unemployment and finding a silver lining in their personal economic meltdowns.

“Laid off in June and the job market is so bad I decided to have a funemployed summer,” one TikTok creator posted earlier this year. Another wrote: “a weekday as a funemployed millennial.” In the video they wake up at 11 a.m. and scroll TikTok for an hour; after breakfast at 1 p.m., they journal, read, think about life, hit the gym, and then call it a day.

Some funemployed were laid off. Some quit, lured by voluntary buyout programs. Some simply crave a career break or are in-between jobs. “I got laid off four months ago, y’all wanna know what I learned,” one TikTok creator p

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