Tomorrow I go to Manhattan to start a temporary job, before I leave to Asia again this summer for a one-year job.
I was technically only unemployed for one month. (The gap between being hired and actually starting work for the one-year job is due to the visa processing time.) But in practice, I was not working for three months. To talk about it, that seems like a short time. To live it, however, was different. Time seemed to pass very slowly, and every dollar I spent felt like being one step closer to the abyss.
When unemployed everything depends on soldiering on, no matter what, so the key is to find a way not to react to the emotions that are naturally associated with unemployment, such as the doubt that develops regarding the value that you can offer to employers as an employee.
It's also important, when employed, to prepare for that possible rainy day by (1) saving money; and (2) participating in education or training to increase your employability, hopefully in more than one field!
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