20 Things That Go through Your Mind the Morning after Being Laid Off

1.  My bed is still my bed. My room is still here. I’m still here. My job is gone.
2. Oh well, at least I don’t have to get up so early. I can sleep in.
3. Damn it, I can’t sleep!
4. FRACK, I don’t have a job.
5. It’s okay, it’s gonna be okay.
6. OMG, what am I gonna do?!
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7. Should I stay in bed and try to sleep some more?
8. No, I’m gonna get up, I’m gonna get dressed, I’m gonna put myself on a schedule, I’m gonna get things done.
9. I DON’T HAVE A JOB! Yesterday I had a job. I totally had a job yesterday.
10. Now I have time to write that book I’ve been meaning to write.
11. Oh, who am I kidding? I’m too depressed to write a book, I should have written it when I had a job.
12. What if I never get a job again?
13. Stop it! You’re going to get a job.
14. Get it together! Get up, get dressed, take your kids to school and create a routine.
15. I don’t even want to go out today because how do I not blurt out to everyone I come across, “I GOT LAID OFF! Can you believe it?!”
16. I should exercise, it would be good for my mood. I’m going to exercise. I’ll put it on the schedule.
17. I guess I should clean the house or something if I’m not working. I’ll put cleaning on the schedule too.
18. Maybe if I say schedule with a British accent …”shedual”… I won’t feel so unemployed.
19. Shedual, shedual, shedual…Nope, I still feel unemployed.
20. THIS SUCKS!

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