I live in france, and I spent several years without a job because of depression, lack of motivation, lack of degree and experience as a C++ developer.

Those years taught me to live with little money. Here in in france every unemployed citizen can get welfare since 1989, it's a low amount of money but it's enough.

So when I found work, I managed to save a lot of money (less than 10k), because I did not change my lifestyle: no heating in the south of france, eating cheap, no travel, no car, no gadgets.

Of course the jobs I got were either for training or trial periods, so I always end without a job.

To be really honest, the antiwork movement is quite a revelation for me. I don't feel like I must beg for a job. It feels so good. I can still live without working, and it helps a lot to negotiate the work I want to do.