If your tolerance for time outside your comfort zone is low, try these endurance builders.Įven when your job loss has zero to do with your skills or abilities, it’s hard not to feel personally rejected.
While these out of comfort zone excursions may not lead to your next role they might spark your interest or connect you to new people and possibilities. Every new thing we try reveals something about our abilities and our interests. It might be a simple as going off your beaten track to a new café or cinema.
#When you feel like your lost in the storm series#
Maybe there’s an exercise or language class you’ve long been curious about or a series of talks on an absorbing topic you’ve never had the time to pursue. These don’t have to be directly career related. Aside from the cathartic clear out described above resist the urge to withdraw into real time or virtual hidey-holes. Losing your job has already pitched you out of your comfort zone so take advantage of being in unknown territory.
Capitalise on being out of your comfort zone Grieve for what you miss about the work, the people, and the sense of ‘who you were’ in that job.īut when ‘times up’ emerge with the clear intention of moving on.Ĥ.
Make lists of things you loved and hated about the role and the company. Write grumpy or gracious letters you’ll never send to colleagues and clients. So allocate a day or at max a weekend to do this and give it everything you’ve got. It’s completely human to want to hide out and lick wounds, sulk, fume or plot your ex employer’s pain filled demise.
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