These days, it’s so hard to make a life. Many people find themselves jobless at the brunt of the recession, but not because they are lacking in skills, but simply because the company they were in are cutting corners. If you find yourself laid off and without a job, then that’s the end of it. But it also means that you now suddenly have a lot of time on your hands.

So what do you do with all the new time that has been allotted to you? Understandably, many of you will use it by spending more time with your family. A number of you will spend most of their time and energy towards finding new employment. But let’s be realistic, shall we? Until we get away from the eye of the storm that is the recession, finding new employment will be very difficult.

Why don’t we set up small businesses instead? In all likelihood, it will be incomparable to the salary you used to have. But it’s something, at the very least. The cost of living will still continue to come, but it must be buffered somehow.

Take me, for example. I have now made up my mind to go back to a hobby that I had started as a teenager. I used to make wonderful wood carvings, but slowly stopped when I started growing up. After all, there were more important things to do. But for now, I have returned to my hobby, and I have decided to make a few extra dollars by selling at craft shows.

It has never been easier to look for craft shows to sell my wares than in this Internet age. There are a lot of listings for upcoming events online. Finding the next show’s schedules and venues is just a simple matter of searching for them using a browser. It doesn’t give me much income, yes, but at least the money still trickles through even with the financial crisis.

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