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Surviving Unemployment: Job Loss Grief Part II
In the play Annie, a small orphan longs for the day when all will be well. Each day Annie looks forward to tomorrow when the sun will shine. She doesn’t get discouraged because tomorrow is only a day away. The unemployed also look to tomorrow when things will be well—they will be working. However like […]
Surviving Unemployment: Job Loss Grief Part I
This weekend our nation will be remembering the events of 9/11. That is the day the United States no longer took safety for granted. However there are many such dates in the lives of the unemployed. For them the date is the one they no longer took the safety of their job for granted. They […]
Surviving Unemployment: Write your way to happiness.
Remember the first days of the school year with your new notebooks and new pens? You couldn’t wait to start writing with them. And when bored, you doodled with those pens on the notebooks with curlicues, lines, arrows, hearts or anything that came to mind. Now is somewhat different. Instead of doodling we use the […]
Surviving Unemployment: Time on your hands.
Think of all the things you wanted to do when you had time. Well the good news is you now have the time. The bad news is it’s called unemployment. There are so many projects we put off because they aren’t the most fun, yet, deep down inside we know they have to get done. […]
Surviving Unemployment: Free is the key.
Free is the key or what your public library can offer you. Free events keep you sane and your budget on track. After you found out you were laid off, one of the first things you did was look at your budget with a hatchet. Anything not vitally necessary was the first to go. Next, […]
