Glava

In my macroeconomics class, we were discussing the definition of unemployment. One who is unemployed does not have a job AND is not actively seeking one, so perhaps i'm being redundant in the economics sense, but not in the plainspeech one. I am a freshman in college, living at home, and I have chosen not to seek employment. I get a good amount of extra money from scholarships, and my parents do not demand money for bills. I don't have any personal expenses other than textbooks for school (which I use a part of my extra money for), and I want to focus on my education. I am taking 15 credit hours every semester, as mandated by one of my scholarships, and after my first semester, I have a 4.0 GPA. I want to keep it fairly close to that for the future.

I made my decision because of my experience at work. On a whim, I got a job as a cashier at Kmart for $6.25 an hour. I didn't work more than 25 hours per week, but my ability to study and do work for class suffered. To be honest, I am very bad at managing my time, so that was a part of the problem. I realized that having a job in my situation is pretty pointless, as my scholarships bring me more money, AND all I have to do is continue getting good grades (the time that I worked wasn't enough to affect my final semester grades, thankfully). I quit after a month. (Actually, I had my mother call the personnel manager to "quit me" because I am a wimp, but that's another story.)

So my question. Who else here is unemployed by choice? Whether you are in my situation, retired, living on savings, being a full-time housewife, or simply not generating expenses, I would like to hear why you are unemployed and not seeking work.