The Unemployment Diaries
Aisha, chris kalaboukisBecome “unemployed” from anyone else's definition of a life well-lived, and build your own. Hosted by Aisha Ommaya.
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Welcome, to the Unemployment Diaries
Today’s the day — The Unemployment Diaries is officially live.
It feels right that the first episode is an interview with someone who unknowingly (well, now knowingly) sparked the earliest idea for this podcast.
It was August 2025, and I...
Why being unemployed is a good thing
Whenever I tell people about The Unemployment Diaries, they almost always assume it’s a podcast and newsletter about careers: how to start a business, survive the economy, or avoid burnout. And I get it, the word unemployment has a very cle...
Self-trust is built, not found
Self-trust is often treated as something you either have or you don’t. I’ve come to see it instead as a physiological state, a commitment to action, and a psychological practice — the combination of which directly shapes what we’re capable...
The anti-checklist for starting something new
There’s a list for everything these days, including everything I wish I knew before starting.
Want to write a book? 10 things to do before publishing.
Starting a business? Don’t make these 5 mistakes.
Beginning literally anything? Here’s...
The next evolution of work inspired by... Robert Frost?
Being let go wasn’t part of “the plan”. I wasn’t ready. It wasn’t time. With my calendar meeting-free for the foreseeable future, I started The Unemployment Diaries newsletter as a way to process the ~~lost~~ last 15 years in corporate — an...
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Host of The Unemployment Diaries podcast. Become “unemployed” from others’ definitions of a life well-lived, and build your own.
Futurist and digital nomad writing about AI, the future of work, longevity, and location-independent living—for builders, founders, and 50+ reinvention seekers.
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