how to keep positive when unemployed

Hi I am recently after moving home to Ireland, i was living abroad for the last 3 years. i am now unemployed currently looking for work and trying to adjust back into the Irish way of life. It is still early days for me but i know i will probably have a long road of unemployement ahead of me. I was just wondering what do all the unemployed people here do everyday? I think I need to find myself a new hobby, I do not want to get stuck in a rut of watching tv all day! I would love to do some courses to help me gain some new skills but they are expensive and i am not entitled to any payments from the social welfare so i don't think i can fork out a few grand for a course when i may need to money to live off in a few months. Just wondering if any one has some tips on how to keep active and stay positive while i am looking for work..

Maybe do some voluntary work - it will keep you occupied and get you out of the house aswell as meeting people and helping others. It also looks good on a CV and you never know what might come out of it.

There are some schemes for unemployed you may look into, most of them look at improving skills/retraining: viewtopic.php?f=20&t=274053&p=2999504&hilit=unemployed#p2999504 Good luck!