My Encounter with the Religion of Unemployment

It was December 2025, a time when my exhaustion was piling up silently.

As I was wandering through X as usual, an icon with a primary yellow color caught my eye.

This was my first encounter with Mr. Unemployed.

At the time, I was beaten down by unreasonable treatment.
People I thought I was on good terms with suddenly turned sour, as if flipping their hands, and directed their irrationality at me.

The question, 'What was I?' raced through my mind over and over again.

I hated being in a bad mood, but I was a grumpy person myself.
I hated being grumpy, tried to act cheerful, and the strain would make me grumpy at home; that was the kind of person I was.

Being in a bad mood was 'evil' to me.

Guilt would arise from me becoming grumpy, and I would push myself again, thinking, 'I have to get rid of this bad mood somehow!'
I was just repeating that negative loop.

So, my challenge was always 'how to keep myself from getting into a bad mood.'

That is why this one sentence looked like it was sparkling and shining.

Even though you're unemployed?? Why is that? It's interesting, I thought.
Since scrolling through X wasn't enough, I also visited their note.

The very first note I liked. I must have read this one first.

From there, I read through the back issues all at once,
I want to read more, I can't read it unless I'm a member, okay, I'll join the membership, and so I joined.

The first tweet was on December 18, 2025,
and I joined the membership on December 20, 2025—lightning fast.

And so, I became No. 231 of the Religion of Unemployment.

https://note.com/rarirarihappy/membership

The Unemployed Cult had a Discord.

I have joined memberships before, but this is the first time I've encountered one that directs you to an external tool like this.

I was the type of person who wouldn't sign up for external tools like this.

But for some reason, I decided to give it a try.

Back then, I was quite stuck.
I was suffocating, and I was stuck in life.

At the time, I often talked with my younger sister about how
If you keep doing the same things you've always done, you'll only ever be the same person you've always been.
that.

Quitting the "bad habits" within myself.
Starting "new things" and replacing my habits.

So I decided to take the plunge.
Since I'm serious, I read the rules properly. lol
It seemed I had to say "hello".
I learned that if I asked, I could have a "room" made for me.

I said hello while feeling nervous, and
I hesitated a bit about having a room made, but I decided to go for it.

I did both on December 20, 2025, the same day I joined the membership; it was lightning fast.
(I was surprised when I looked it up, as I thought I had agonized over it quite a bit.)

And so, my life in the Unemployed Cult began.

The cult leader was living happily in a 1.5-tatami mat room.

Truly, they were living happily.

Just watching them made me feel like I was becoming happy too.

I live on the Unemployed Cult's Discord.
Many other people live there too.

I often visit other people's rooms.
I take a quick look at their rooms, leave a reaction, and then head out.

And many people come to visit my room, too.
Sometimes it's a little scary wondering how I, living in this room with trepidation, am being perceived.
But everyone here tells me, "It's okay."
And I'm sure they don't know just how much that saves me.

It feels like I've entered the light of a house I was watching from somewhere far away.

It's been almost a month since I started living in this room.

The number of days I can stay in a good mood has increased.
I think this is probably the most peaceful period I've ever had.

I think there are times when you hear a sound like ringing in your ears when the room is completely silent.
Until now, I could count on one hand the number of days I've been able to hear that sound.

Someone's words or my own words were always racing through my head and wouldn't leave.

But lately, I've started hearing that silent, ringing-like sound often.
The voices in my head have become much quieter, and there are more days when I don't hear them at all.

If you want to change who you are, you have to take actions you've never taken before.

I believe the Unemployed Religion is a place that helps you take that first step.

If you want to change something, I want you to gather your courage and take that step forward.
I, too, am waiting for you to join.

I ended up sounding like someone doing a crazy religious recruitment.

It's just that when I told my counselor,
"I joined a membership,"
and they asked, "What kind of membership is it, if you don't mind me asking?"
I ended up saying, "W-well, I do mind..."—but that's a secret!

I'm really sorry, it's just too hard to explain! Haha