So You Just Lost Your Job..

So, you just lost your job and you have a family to feed. Or perhaps you are about to lose your job (you can forsee it happening) and are wondering how you're going to live life jobless. It seems there's no life outside employment. We fear unemployment because that's how we were programmed to see it--terrible, tragic, and hopeless. If you're haunted with the thought, all you need to do is see things differently.

What really is employment? So, you just lost your job--so what? Don't equate your job with life. It's not like oxygen that kills you when it disappears. A job is just a job. You can remain being in love with your wife and kids even while you're jobless, and they can be the same with you. Being jobless does not have to diminish anything you value in life. You can go on being happy in life while jobless.

The problem is, some people's norms told us that being jobless is the end of everything. It makes you feel less than a person and gives the impression that you are irresponsible. When in fact all you don't have is a job. That's all. How can that make you less than a human being? I know of people who are gainfully employed and yet are less than human when it comes to character. I know of folks who have great jobs with great pays but have broken families due to their rotten marriages.

So, you just lost your job--or probably about to lose it. Fear or fret not. It's just a job. Just make sure that you are a human being at heart. And if you are a spouse or a family member with your life partner or someone in your family who is jobless, make sure you fully support him or her. Being jobless is not that bad or tragic. Don't have yourself further brain-washed by people who want us to think that joblessness is a sin. It isn't. It's really an opportunity, a new page turned in your life.

Now, if you want to be useful and able to support your loved ones financially but you just lost your job (or about to lose it), it's a wonderful opportunity to choose a new livelihood path. It's actually your chance to become jobless big-time by trying a new income source. Try a new and unique business that suits your person and preferences. Believe me, there are a lot more alternative businesses available than you can imagine. Joblessness is not the end of the world. It's even a blessing in disguise. It can be a way out of your financial enslavement for good.

Some people think that there's only employment in life, and that life is only for employment. And they live it till they die. I pity these people. They lost all sense of freedom and adventure. Some people think adventure is climbing up heights till they get lost or tying their feet with a rope and jumping off cliffs till the rope stretches and they dangle suspended in the air. But then after all that excitement what do they do? They just go back to their jobs. That's not adventure. That's recess time--when you get your lunch box and eat your snacks---wow! And after that you go back to your classroom to listen to your boring teacher.

What's real adventure is going all-out for time and money freedom. So, you just lost your job? Congratulations! You just got your life back! Now use your life for your own enjoyment. Start doing a real livelihood that you like. Or, start doing an alternative livelihood or small business!