8 Lessons I Learned From A Layoff

One year ago, I was given a white cardboard box to pack up my things and told that, along with several others, my job had been eliminated.

At first, I wasn’t sure how to respond. Whenever we’ve established a momentum with anything big in our lives—especially something as important as our careers—switching gears isn’t easy. So I started to do what comes naturally to me as I process: I wrote about it.

While I wrote, my resilient inner being decided to seize the opportunity and embrace this life...