“Feeling Fired: Is Getting Laid Off from a Full-Time Job a Chance for Freedom? Ready to Backpack Europe After Being Fired from Writing Job. Looking for Advice from Others in Similar Situations. #Fired #Backpacking #JobMarket #Creative #Venting #ExcitedForNextStep“
Congratulations on your new found freedom. I feel the same way you did for quite a while now. I dread getting fired and don’t have much in savings but maybe enough to take a vacation. My industry IT sucks as far as jobs go they want ten years of experience but are only willing to pay $12 an hour. Go for it and travel while you can. I may try to do the same if I get fired.
I felt free as well when it happened to me… in September.
Nobody should be reality-checking you. The reality is this: you were stuck, and now you are not stuck. You see options. You feel excited! You feel hopeful. You have goals!
I’m excited for you. You will figure out what you need, what works for you, and what doesn’t, and soon, that Snapchat Show will be a hilarious story you tell at parties. Mazel!
I had a little different reasoning to travel but man I’d put all my money on a bet saying you have the best time of your life if you have good goals or at least a good mindset going into your adventure. Talk to people😊
Travel? In this economy?
recognized when a career gets boring to you. It bothers you and you dragg your feet going to work every day. I know I start to reflect on my own time and realized I needed a new career change. A change of life. It’s like that chapter is long over due to closing.
> I think I’m going to go backpacking across Europe in a few weeks. I’m going to broaden my horizons. I’m going to jumpstart the social life I’ve been lacking for the past two years.
Don’t do it. You’re going to regret it. Get another job lined up first, and then travel before the start date, if you’re that intent towards traveling.
Your immediate decision to “travel and broaden your horizons” is probably a coping mechanism to getting fired. In 5 months when you’re done traveling, you’ll then have a half-year gap on your resume and find it even more impossibly difficult to find another job. The recruiting process can take 2-3 months to even get through one full process; by that point, if you haven’t landed something, you now have an 8-12 month gap on your resume. Easier to find something when the gap isn’t as debilitating.