Losing Your Job

I called my wife right away and at first she was very quiet but than really let me know that this was a good thing and some day we all laugh about it but what she thought I needed to do was to keep plugging away with the job search and don’t look back. None of this was my fault and I needed to keep telling myself that. It was out of my control from the beginning and I needed to move on.

Even though I had been looking for a job for a while now, I was not in dire need then and had not really put forth the effort that my situation demanded. I had a few leads but nothing on the table. I had a lot of calls but the job would change or the decide to bring someone from the inside. The runaround was really starting to bother me. I was becoming a little depressed and lacked confidence and motivation to keep up the pace. In this market, jobs were hard to come by but I needed to think outside the box and try different strategies. I had to hold my head up high and tell myself that I had a lot to offer and that somewhere there was a job for me.

I do regret not utilizing my family and friends more for support and for networking purposes as maybe this could have sped up the process but persistence does pay off and when things look bleak, we can surprise ourselves with how far we can push and pave our own way to what we want.