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Courtesy of Above The Law legal blog, and, as you might guess, specifically addressed to recently laid off attorneys, passed along because I found the bolded part somewhat amusing:
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One of the comments recommends the FFHII mod, to boot.
After you finish doing whatever you are going to do to look for work, your only goal should be pure, unfettered, escapism. If Soma existed, I'd say take that until the severance runs out.
Working out is useless. You don't have a job, who are you keeping up appearances for? You're running out of money, why drink Bailey's when you can have Emmet's, which is not nearly as good for half the price?
Don't take up a hobby, don't try to become a "better" person. There's was nothing you could do to keep your job, don't lie to yourself and believe that there is a whole lot you can do to get a new one. Blaming yourself is the easy way out, because sometimes retreat is the hardest thing to do. Just. Let. Go.
Luckily, there are many ways to escape from the cruel realities of the real world from the comfort of your couch. You don't even need narcotics (you want to escape to a new reality, not uselessly try to alter the current one). Just go to a Best Buy and pick up a copy of Civilization IV.
If you've played Civ, you already know that it is one of the five best things currently available on Earth. If you don't know Civ, but have lost your job (or want to lose your job) just go pick up a copy. You can thank me in three months when you surface.
For television, Star Trek: TNG is always on and has a great underlying philosophy about working for one's own self improvement. It's great because it reminds you that you didn't like that old job anyway. There's no way you would be a Starfleet lawyer.
I also suggest developing an unreasonable crush on one of the cable news anchors. (Mmm ... Tamron Hall). That way your gf/bf checks in on you everyday, and each time he/she wears something different.
Civ, Star Trek, News Porn. There aren't enough hours in the day to enjoy all of that goodness.
Trust me,
Bizarro Aldous Huxley
Working out is useless. You don't have a job, who are you keeping up appearances for? You're running out of money, why drink Bailey's when you can have Emmet's, which is not nearly as good for half the price?
Don't take up a hobby, don't try to become a "better" person. There's was nothing you could do to keep your job, don't lie to yourself and believe that there is a whole lot you can do to get a new one. Blaming yourself is the easy way out, because sometimes retreat is the hardest thing to do. Just. Let. Go.
Luckily, there are many ways to escape from the cruel realities of the real world from the comfort of your couch. You don't even need narcotics (you want to escape to a new reality, not uselessly try to alter the current one). Just go to a Best Buy and pick up a copy of Civilization IV.
If you've played Civ, you already know that it is one of the five best things currently available on Earth. If you don't know Civ, but have lost your job (or want to lose your job) just go pick up a copy. You can thank me in three months when you surface.
For television, Star Trek: TNG is always on and has a great underlying philosophy about working for one's own self improvement. It's great because it reminds you that you didn't like that old job anyway. There's no way you would be a Starfleet lawyer.
I also suggest developing an unreasonable crush on one of the cable news anchors. (Mmm ... Tamron Hall). That way your gf/bf checks in on you everyday, and each time he/she wears something different.
Civ, Star Trek, News Porn. There aren't enough hours in the day to enjoy all of that goodness.
Trust me,
Bizarro Aldous Huxley
One of the comments recommends the FFHII mod, to boot.
(weel, apart from the grammar which I will now go and correct...)
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