| Unemployment is a killer. It can kill your spirit. It | | | | not-as-good job that replaced it. Now I'm up a |
| can kill your self-confidence. It can kill your bank | | | | creek professionally. The funny thing is, I've never |
| account. Let's not pussyfoot around that. | | | | felt better in my life. I've been out on my bicycle |
| The good news is that with the right attitude and | | | | every day, doing yoga, eating better (out of |
| tools, you can survive and even thrive in a period | | | | necessity -- rice and beans are cheap), and |
| of unemployment. | | | | moving forward with a number of projects, any |
| Let me begin by telling you my story. I wish I | | | | one of which might end up ending my income |
| could give it a happy ending, but that remains to | | | | problem. |
| be seen. One thing I do know is that I have | | | | None of this would be possible without my |
| survived long enough to type these words, and | | | | unrelenting faith that things will get better |
| I'm actually feeling pretty good about things. If I | | | | somehow, some way. The minute you give in to |
| stop to think about it, the only problem in my life | | | | fear and desperation is the minute at which |
| right now is that I don't have any income. | | | | unemployment has defeated you. Maintaining a |
| That's right. I said it. No money -- what the heck | | | | positive outlook is critical because a positive |
| could I possibly know, right? There went my | | | | outlook will motivate positive action. So it's really |
| credibility. Everybody wants to listen to the guy | | | | two-fold: attitude plus action. The action is a lot |
| who made ten million bucks (selling his | | | | harder without the attitude, though, and nothing |
| get-rich-quick program) and wants to show you | | | | will happen without action. |
| how to do the same thing (after you buy his | | | | Writing this article is positive action. I really want |
| get-rich-quick program). Why do people listen to | | | | to help other people who are in the same boat. |
| that guy? I don't know, but they do or he | | | | Yeah, I could be watching Days of Our Lives right |
| wouldn't be in business. | | | | now, but I'd rather try to help somebody else. |
| In our society, you lose all respect if you lose | | | | This is for all the unemployed people who are |
| your income. That's the hardest thing about | | | | feeling down, all the people who are feeling down, |
| unemployment. It's embarrassing. It becomes all | | | | unemployed or not: Tell yourself that it will be OK |
| the more embarrassing if it continues for any | | | | and do the things that will make it OK, and you'll |
| length of time. | | | | be OK. |
| Back to my story: What can I say? I lost my job. | | | | If you're unemployed, you're not alone. Thanks |
| I was in a good job that I lost. Then I lost the | | | | for reading, and keep that chin up! |