Riding home after an evening bike ride, my friends and I were discussing their business, a local fruit and vegetable market that requires long hard days and nights to run. "Do you realize I've been there over 30 years?" my friend mused. "Why don't you think about retiring?" his wife jokingly...

In my experience, unemployment can come as a big surprise, but it can turn out to be one of the biggest adventures you'll ever take. "The rainstorm is not personal and yet we get personally wet." -- Werner Erhard