Industrious

Being unemployed, with a less than stellar resume, and next to no calls for interviews, having an industrious day in which things are accomplished needs to be measured in a different way.
For instance, on a day when I would have work, if asked "did you accomplish anything today?" I could at least answer "I went to work and didn't get fired." It's not much, but it is something.
On any given day when I am unemployed, when asked if I've accomplished anything, I usually answer "No".
After all, I don't think most people see "Day dreaming and staring into space for a couple of hours" as an industrious day.
So, instead of that, I usually say something like "I started outlining a few new story ideas I had".
Equally "Staring at my email's inbox hoping, and waiting by the phone for some employer to email/call me back" becomes "Sent in a bunch of applications for jobs".
"Sleeping all day" becomes "I wasn't feeling good at all this afternoon, so I rested".

So, on a day where I slept till noon, watched The Transformers (cartoon), and looked for places to submit my writing, I've ended up describing it as "Researching a market for my stories and poems, and submitting a couple, while editing a few other pieces I'm working on".

Of course, some people may come from a family where they don't ask you "Did you accomplish anything today?" in a sarcastic way that means "So, you just lay around the house all day again didn't you?", and are, therefore, not forced to find a way to defend yourself; but that's not my house.