HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH LOVED ONES DURING THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY?
How do you cope with unemployment a during Thanksgiving? Like any loss, a job loss results in grief. The negative emotions can be especially magnified at holiday time when families join together and expect happy times. Well meaning friends and relatives often increase the sense of frustration and anger that can come with a sustained job search.
Thursday Thought will be out on Wednesday this week due to the Thanksgiving Holiday this Thursday.
In that post, you will find practical suggestions for how to ease progress through typical stages of coping with job loss. While not everyone will progress neatly through each stage, most of the jobless will be able to identify with these stages and take solace in the normality of these emotions. Understanding that what you are feeling is normal can help you cope a bit better and be able to communicate your feelings to loved ones.
In that post, you will find practical suggestions for how to ease progress through typical stages of coping with job loss. While not everyone will progress neatly through each stage, most of the jobless will be able to identify with these stages and take solace in the normality of these emotions. Understanding that what you are feeling is normal can help you cope a bit better and be able to communicate your feelings to loved ones.
WHAT CAN YOU DO TO ENJOY THE HOLIDAY?
If you are like many job seekers you are most dreading all the inquiries and well-intended murmurs about how your job search/lack of employment is (or is not!) going. Especially in large gatherings, you might find yourself repeating the same update over and over. Bah Humbug!
It is okay to have some good times in this hard time.
There are a few things you can do to make your interactions a bit more positive:
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Job Search for the Rest of Us!: Tuesday Tip November 19, 2012
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