Don’t get down – keep active
April 13, 2009 by Peekay
Filed under Evaluation, Featured
So here I am again after some unplanned time away from the site. My birthday was in Mid-March, a day I spent in a different city discussing a potential contract – which I am frustratingly still awaiting final confirmation on – before travelling back to London the same day in order to go for an operation the next morning. After that I had a recovery period, a short break and a bit of time getting back into the swing of things.
It can be quite a slog to keep going when everything seems against you – when even the chance of being able to send out a CV seems unlikely given the jobs on offer, when opportunities are few and far between to get bits and pieces of work, when sickness or other demands on your time throw you out of the loop.
Being unemployed and going nowhere can be totally demoralising.
Unfortunately this is one of the times when a lack of job and being demoralised go hand in hand in a vicious downward spiral. Any initial feelings of freedom and being in control of your own destiny after redundancy can come in for quite a battering if you haven’t been able to make a chance to your circumstances.
Well folks, if this is you, it stops here.
Get out of your routine, make some new challenges, take some time to exercise, listen to your favourite music and lose yourself in it, or make plans to relax with friends. You just need to recharge your batteries somehow, take a breather.
Having a job isn’t the be-all and end-all of this life. Whatever it is you do with your life, if you feel stuck and downtrodden, then stop for a while. It’ll make a change. Do it and then get on with making the life you want.
