Job transitions can be stressful—whether they’re due to layoff, a new job, starting a home based business or working extra hours because others workers were laid off. If you’re facing one, consider the following.
1. Take an honest look at yourself. What are your strengths, weaknesses, skills? How did those influence—positively or negatively—your job transition?
2. Step up your self-care. Major changes are physically and emotionally taxing. During a job transition you need self-care more than ever.
3. Engage your curiosity. What went wrong, or right in your previous job? What could you have done better? What worked really well? What was beyond your control?
4. Focus on what you want in the next stage of your career, and less on what you don’t want. Keep your eye on the prize. This focus will help you find your life purpose and develop the foundation to be your best in any situation.
5. Find support. Since your job transition affects your family as well, it may be better to seek the outside support of friends or professionals.
6. Work on your thoughts. Calm your fears and reinforce your sense of hope and happiness.
7. Reassure (or avoid) those who are threatened by, or jealous of, the change.
8. Create your own rite of passage. Ceremony and ritual help with all transitions.
9. Let go of how things were “supposed to be” and accept “how things are.” Find appreciation for what is.
10. Keep things in perspective. Or try on a new perspective. Don’t get stuck. Remember, the only constant is change.
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