well, if you're thinking of moving, then get busy cleaning out everything you haven't used in the last six months. Old clothes, shoes, magazines, etc.
Take magazines to oldfolks homes and homeless shelters. Animal shelters always need clean towels, old or not.
Shelters and missions always need people who can help prepare and serve the daily meal and cleanup afterward. You may even find an employer volunteering that day, and that may lead to job leads. So can interacting with shelter/mission staff.
If helping at a human shelter isn't for you, volunteer to help at an animal shelter. They're always looking for volunteers to come in and exercise the dogs or give them baths and brushing .
Plan for a 'depression garden' for next spring. Even on an apartment balcony or patio, a few scrounged tubs you can fill with dirt will support a half-dozen tomato plants and some eggplants, too. cucumbers can grow in containers and so can carrots. Seeds are cheap this time of year - 10cents a pack. Plan what you want to grow and start collecting a few plastic tubs/containers. (no plastic garbage cans, tho -they're treated with stuff to repel rats - not good to grow in)
Go thru your paperwork - shred/burn old bills - organize your personal papers. Make a will and get it witnessed.
Start making hand-made christmas presents for your family. A handmade card, a favorite picture next to an original poem in a cheap dollar frame, make some jam, or an oversized and hand decorated cookie, and wrap with tissue paper and inexpensive ribbon.
Rent movies from your local library - free.
Take up walking. Take your digital camera with you and take some pictures, which you can download to photoshop and experiment with editing.
Keep a journal - write something, anything in it, every day.
Keep looking for work - don't give up and get into being lazy.
Learn a new skill - teach yourself sign language, or how to play the piano or guitar (you can make your own piano keyboard out of flat cardboard - use a cardboard tube from wrapping paper to practice guitar chords)
Clean a different room every week, down to the dustbunnies under the furniture.
Write a beginner's guide to WoW, put it on cd and sell it on ebay.
Stay in touch with your friends from work. Contact old co-workers. Don't discuss being unemployed, just keep it friendly and casual.
Keep your mind active and informed - read a book a week, or a newspaper - both free at libraries.
That's about all I can think of right now, hope this helps!
TTRP
