This article hit so close to home. Been there, done that : www.linkedin.com/pulse/lost-your-job-recent-layoff-kim-williams
The memory is still so vivid, although it happened more than 4 years ago. After 19 years at the company, I had less than an hour to clear the desk… I remembered that it occurred at noon that day and I was totally lost that whole afternoon, my mind was a blank. Strangely, I could only focus on trying to cancel the year-end dinner I had planned for my team in the immediate few hours. I guess the restaurant manager readily agreed to refund me the deposit because she saw the state I was in, after I explained to her my reason.
This para from the article stood out for me : “Take a breath. She asked ” What do you want to do” Do you want to go back to work so bad that you are willing to accept another job that you would be miserable in or do you want to take your time, think about your skills and how they could apply to the job that you really want. This is your chance to reinvent yourself. Everyone that loses their job goes through this exact feeling of “disconnected”. Take this time to reflect, don’t think so hard about getting a job. Think hard about what you want to do.”
Back then, I took the first and only job I could find after months of trying. That miserable job lasted me 3.5 years. I will take the above advise NOW.
Time to reinvent myself.
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