Embarking on a New Journey (1)

The one thing everyone must do the moment they get fired or quit is…

…NOTHING.

Don’t do a damn thing. Nothing at all. Got that?

For at least the first three weeks (and ideally a few months) DO NOT do any of the following:

1. Find any job you can get your hands on
2. Start interviewing like crazy
3. Take the first offer that comes to you
4. Panic and run around in circle

The worst thing you can do, and what almost everyone does, is scramble to immediately find something else. 

Avoid the temptation. All this is going to do is put you in the same place you were before you left. That is not what I call progress.

First off, deal with the fear by realizing a couple things:

• It’s never as bad as you think. You’re not going to starve and go homeless. And there’s likely something a lot more interesting in store.
• You have more options than you realize. If you got fired, then you’re likely getting severance or unemployement. Ok great, you’re not going to die of hunger. If you quit or otherwise chose your transition, remember you saw this coming. So calm down. Take a breath or two.

Now that you’ve stopped freaking out, realize that you have the rare opportunity to be unhurried and intentional about what you do next.

You have a clear and open widow to actually understand what you’re here to do. To slow down, think, reflect and take stock of what you’ve learned and do something meaningful with it.

This opportunity is better than gold. The problem is most people piss it away.

Respect it. Then do something with it.

(Source: http://liveyourlegend.net/what-to-do-when-you-get-fired-or-quit-purpose-finding-101/)