1. Cry. You’re entitled.
2. Burn your old employee’s manual.
3. Call five friends who will listen to you to use swear words about your boss, prospects, God, etc. without feeling the need to put things into perspective.
4. Listen to Tchaikovsky’s last symphony, “The Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Pathétique, Op. 74”, first and fourth movements especially, while burning candles and sipping wine.
5. Do NOT start your search for a new job, read your work-related emails or do anything else even vaguely productive. It can wait until tomorrow. Really.
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If you keep rereading the last chapter, you will never get to the next one..get on with your life.
Do not hide your light so that others won't feel insecure around you. And as you let your light shine, you unconsciously give others the right to do the same.
Organic coconut oil. I was introduced to it by a VN sister a while back. It makes my skin SO smooth and it is great for my thick, curly hair! It has a hundred uses (just look it up online) and it costs so little.
Think how lucky you really are. Why work for someone who would actually lay you off. Wash your hands, and head for the nearest Starbucks for a really fattenening latte.Celebrate your freedom and enjoy yourself. Tomorrow is always waiting to begin something new.
Amen! Only edit I’d make: the skinny lattes are delicious, too.
I was laid off a few months ago. At the time of the layoff, my boss said, “Maybe we can have you come back in a few months, when things are better – financially.” He really thought after that I would even CONSIDER working for him again, after that? Oh yeah, forgot to tell you he’s an attorney —- so I guess that explains it!!
Did I mention that when I asked my boss point blank if when she told me she was letting me go she was firing me? She said: No, it’s just a reduction of hours. !!!
Very nice indeed. I am unemployed since November 2008 after 12 years of working for a credit card company. My unit was outsourced and we were laid off.
I could not and I cannot cry. I am learning excel (free on line). I am looking for a job.