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

enough from our daily food);
eat balanced meals (not just pig out on junk food in front
of the telly);
and all that other stuff that our mothers always told us to
do.
3. We can do something about the physical space around
us. Our surroundings often mirror how we feel about
ourselves. If our physical environment looks like a disaster
area, that in itself can make us depressed. When we are
unemployed, we can vow we will live simpler—something
that maybe we’ve wanted to do, for a long time. We can
begin by taking care that each time we handle a thing, we
take it all the way to its new destination; we don’t just drop
it on the counter, thinking that we will deal with it later. We
can take care that when we take our clothes off at night, we
don’t just drop them on the floor, but hang them up or put
them in a laundry-hamper. And that, when we finish eating,
we put the dishes where they are going to be washed, and
put our food back in the refrigerator. And we can determine
that when we do such things as get a screwdriver out, to fix
a screw that’s dropped out of something, that we take the
screwdriver all the way back to the toolbox or wherever its
final destination is. And so on.
When we determine to always put our things away in a
timely fashion, neatness will start to appear in our physical
environment; this can help lift our spirits immensely, as our
physical space mirrors an upbeat life.
4. We can get outdoors daily and take a good walk. Hiding
in our cave (figuratively speaking) will only make us feel
more down. Seeing green trees (in season), sunlight,
mountains, flowers, people, will do our heart good, each
day.
5. We can focus on other people and their problems—not
just our own. If our unemployment is dragging on and on,
and we’re starting to have a lot of time on our hands, we
can find someplace in town that is dealing with people
worse off than we are, and go volunteer there. I’m talking