I worked in a call centre and I was too depressed to go to the effort of finding another job. So one day I flipped out at someone and lost my job. I knew I would lose my job eventually so I saved up £3000 before it happened.
My original plan was to go to counseling and get a new job once I felt better. But counseling was shit, as were the NHS regarding a couple of stress related illnesses I had.
Luckily a friend was renting out a room for only £60 a week and she said that I could pay her £20 a week on top and she would get food for me. I thought that was weird at first but it has actually worked out really well.
I explained my situation, that I did not intend to work but I have plenty of savings so she will always get her rent. She told the housing benefit people that I was paying £70 a week for rent. £70 a week is the max they will pay towards rent for a single person.
On top of that I get £70 a week jobseekers allowance and I only have to pay £10 of that for food. Although I do go out and get my own treats. Most months I have £100 left over and I am financially better off than most of my friends on or near minimum wage. I have lent a few of them money. I even lent money to my friend that I am renting off. I am not a burden to the people around me so I feel little guilt about what I am doing.
I exercise, read and socialize far more than when I worked and my stress related illnesses are hardly noticeable now.
About a year into being unemployed the jobcenter made me see some agency that was visiting recruiting for some shitty wage slave job. I thought about fucking the interview on purpose but decided I will just work there for a month or two. That took me of the long term unemployment list when I started signing on again. That little deal worked out for me and the government, I get pestered less for a while and they can manipulate their statistics to make unemployment seem lower.
I have never had a job that I felt was valuable to me or to society. I feel that I am making a more honest living now then when I worked in a call centre.