Today is one of those days I feel like I'm not doing enough on the job-search-career analysis-reading-and-research front. But, I'm grateful for the time to do errands, research home renovation plans, cook, and simply read a good novel.
I've almost reached my age in days left until my severance pay ends. As I get closer to being without a full weekly paycheck, I'm not as worried as perhaps I should be. I'm hoping not to hit a nail-biting, cuticle-picking, nervous and anxious period soon. I want to retain the feeling I have that things will work out well one way or another if I keep doing what I like to do to learn what I could do for work. So far, I'm enjoying this time to try a few new things, explore what it is that I'd like to do for work, and take time for some important hobbies. Just like the weather tomorrow, so many things about the future are truly unpredictable. I like what's been falling into my lap so far during this time, so I'll keep chuggin' along hoping I learn what I need to and find a satisfying place for myself in the work world.
I was laid off from my job of 11 years on April 14th. It's a fear-inducing change. I want to make the best of this situation while I search for new work. So, I'm tracking my progress and sharing my discoveries over the next 98 days of severance pay. With common sense, humor, patience, and guts, I endeavor to act on John Ruskin's philosophy: "For we are not sent into this world to do any thing into which we cannot put our hearts."
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