That’s how I really felt for the past 6 months.  

I remember when I graduated from college in May of 2011, I had absolutely no job lined up.  I didn’t know what the hell I was going to do.  The job market was horrible and the economy was and still is recovering from the economic/financial crisis.  There were some of my friends who landed great jobs, some who landed jobs that they just took because it was a job, and some who had no jobs.  

Ever since I was young, I was brainwashed in believing that a college diploma will land you a job and security.  Now we all know that that is a lie.  It’s simply not true.  There’s absolutely no such thing as job security…

 Bank of America is planning lay offs for over 30,000 people.  Big banks such as Goldman, Deutsche, UBS, and many more are following the same lead.  Some of those people have been loyal workers for over 20 years.  Now they’re laid off, with families and mortgages to worry about.  I remember my uncle telling me back in 2008 that his boss got laid off and that his boss packed up all his things in a little box and cried.  One-third of the workforce where my uncle was at got laid off.  I remember going to coffee shops and seeing a huge influx of dads and moms with their laptops looking for jobs online.  It was so sad.

But now we worry about the newly college grads.  Apparently, there’s a significant amount of people from my highschool who are still living at home (including myself) because they’re unemployed.

So what’s my advice to staying sane and not feeling discouraged?  Follow these steps…

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(Source: chrisisgrowing)