Monday = Must be productive

So after a late start, I'm now at the New York Public Library. I'm really liking it and can see myself coming back here often. There's fast internet, comfy chairs, and I'm mostly able to focus on the task at hand. Much better than my first attempt to get work done at Think Coffee. The iced coffee was great, but I couldn't get on the internet, nor stop staring at all the hipster-y NYU students. Was that me once?

Keeping this brief, because as I mentioned... Monday must be productive.

Day 3 - Rainy but productive

I'm on Day 3 of laidoffdom and the weather is NOT cooperating with my new found freedom. I had this image of me sitting in the park with my laptop... simultaneously job-hunting and getting a tan. But no... the rain has been unwavering. Luckily though it is not a reflection of my mood.

I've already been to the gym (Goal #1 complete) and am now multi-tasking with a mix of laundry, cleaning, and email follow-ups (Goals #2, 3, and 4 for the day). My goal for tomorrow will be to revise my resume. I joined TheLadders yesterday and as part of the subscription I received a free resume critique. Holy cr@p... they tore it apart!... so focus for tomorrow will be to make improvements.

Otherwise in good spirits, and looking forward to a movie date tonight with my fella. :)

Day 1 of (F)unemployment

So it's Day 1 of not being in the office, and I must say that I've been busier today than I thought I'd be. Today was spent responding to emails, making calls, networking, etc. I'm so lucky to have friends and contacts that are offering their help... it's reassuring to know that I have such a supportive network. Thank you, friends... you know who you are!

I've also spent a bit of time, though not enough, researching flights. I'm dying to take advantage of my new found freedom and get away somewhere... but it is tough making plans with so many unknowns. I'm thinking London. Just wish J was able to take some time off to come with. Ah well.

So I got laid off yesterday....

So I got laid off yesterday.  I was working for a large beauty company, managing digital marketing + media.  The company had announced that there would be a round of layoffs, but I really hadn't expected the digital marketing group to be affected.  I mean all we hear about is how money is moving into digital, not out of it.  But a recession is a recession.  Cuts need to be made.  And in my case, I was the cut.

So here I am... 24 hours later.  Thinking.  

Truth be told, I wasn't thrilled with the way things were being run at the company.  I had been considering whether a change might be in my future.  So in some ways this is a good thing.  I can now focus wholeheartedly on what that change will be.

Still though... it hurts to be dumped.