Take Advantage of Losing Your Job

Losing your job is one of the biggest fears employees face right now. With the slumping economy, not only is it harder to find a new job, but with so many people in the market looking for a job, competition is fierce.

Even seasonal jobs at retail stores are seeing many overqualified candidates.

So what are you to do? Why don't you take this time to pursue other interests?

When the people I know are looking for a job they usually fill out as many applications as they can, call the employers after to ask about their application, rinse and repeat. To me this is a very limiting way of going about things, don't you think?

If you're out of a job, what's the harm in trying out all different ways to make a living? That's right! There is no harm, the worst possible outcome would be gaining some experience with new things, what a risk huh?

Doing Your Own Thing


Well what else did you think your other options were? If you're not working for someone else, you must be working for yourself. The great part about the latter option, is that it doesn't feel like work when you enjoy what you do.

Of course, since this article assumes you don't have a job, don't look into starting a car dealership in your spare time, that might not be the best idea at this point.

Try looking into ways to make money with little or no overhead costs. Blogging, for example, works great if you like writing. It's basically finding something you'd like to write about and then writing about it. Of course these is a little more to it than that, but if you can do that, the rest isn't hard by any means.

That's not your only option though, you can sell stuff on eBay, do some local consultant work if you have the knowledge for it. There are plenty of opportunities out there if you look for them, so get going!

Working for yourself means you can do what you love and make a living doing it.

So why not try, at least until you can find another job. Who knows, maybe you'll love not having a boss so much you'll stop looking for a job!

Don't Fear Failure


The fear of failure always seems to stop people from living up the their full potential. But like I already wrote, what's the worst that could happen? If doing something on your own doesn't work, just keep looking for a job.

At least you tried and you won't feel like the last month wasn't a total waste spent only filling out applications.

On top of all that, even if it doesn't turn in to a full time way to make a living, maybe you'll find a new hobby you enjoy.

Have you ever decided against something because of the chance of failure? I have, many times, every time I did though, I ended up regretting it almost every time. Needless to say I don't plan to let fear keep me from pursuing dreams anymore.

Have Some Fun


As always, you have to have some fun with it. I know, I know, how the heck do you have fun with being laid off, right?

Well I don't expect you to walk out of the office, after your boss told you to be out in an hour, with a smile on your face. Being laid off is by no means fun so don't try to force it to be.

But once the initial shock wears off and you get yourself into a sane state of mind, have some fun. You used to spend your whole day or night at work, slaving away, take walks, reconnect with friends, find yourself. After a while you might start to feel bad for the poor saps with a 9-5 job.

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