What Color Is Your Parachute 2018 by Richard N. Bolles copy

ightly, not a cloud in the sky; and, since it was lunch hour, as it
happened, the streets were filled with laughing happy people,
who apparently had not a care in the world.
I remember thinking, “The world has just caved—my world at
least. How can all these people act as though nothing has
happened?”
And I remember the feelings. The overwhelming feelings, that
only intensified in the weeks after that. Describe my state
however you want—feeling sad, being in a funk, feeling despair,
feeling hopeless, feeling like things “will always be this way,” or
feeling depressed—it doesn’t matter. I was terribly unhappy.
Unemployment was rocking my soul to its foundations. I needed
to know what to do about my feelings.
I have since learned that my experience was not the least
unusual. Many of us, if not most of us, when we are out of work
for a long time feel weary and depressed. 2 Our greatest desire is
to get rid of these depressed feelings. After talking to thousands
of job-hunters, I think there are: