Wisdom from my two uncles

If you haven’t figured it out by now, I am pissed off about being unemployed.  Like many of you, I showed up to work on time, worked long hours, gave a 110% effort and sacrificed quality time with family and friends for the sake of my job.  I feel betrayed and that I deserve something better for myself and family.  I have been laid off twice during this year.  The first layoff, I saw coming and had prepared myself by looking and interviewing for jobs before hand.   The second layoff, I didn’t see coming, it totally took my surprise. That day I decided to have a talk with my two uncles “Jack Daniel and Jim Beam.”  Talking to them always puts me a better frame of mine.  They helped me realize that the initial hurt will pass, the intensity of my anger will lessen, and most importantly they told me to go have fun.  It’s funny how my two uncles are so very wise, especially during my time of need. My two uncles suggested that I use this time to do the things that I really enjoy doing instead of the knee jerk reaction of desperation that I have done in the past.  It was suggested that I spend sometime pursuing other interests while having this unfortunate downtime and to use this time to rediscover a sense of purpose.  I think ultimately what my two uncles were trying to tell me that I shouldn’t get to down on myself and I should think outside of the box as to ways to resolving this matter.

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