Day 7 Whew! Today started at 12:01 a.m. this morning (ish) when my 6-year-old son said that his ear was hurting him really bad, so bad in fact that he couldn’t sleep. Both my wife and I grabbed ou...

Day 6 Today was probably the hardest day of unemployment. I didn’t feel good all day, plus I had the anticipation and buildup of potentially hearing interview results. Not to mention I had my firs...

Day 5 I started the morning off a little less focused in my Bible, just reading for pleasure. I’m reading 1 Peter and letting the Word wash over me. That’s a nice change of pace once you do some s...

Day 4 Here are the stats for the day: (new) Recruiter interactions: 1 (remaining) Scheduled calls: 2 Interviews planned: 3 Interview steps completed: 2 No new applications submitted ...

Day 3 Here are the stats for the day: (new) Recruiter interactions: 2 (remaining) Scheduled calls: 4 Interviews planned: 2 (early stages, just the team recruiter conversation) (total) Ap...

Day 2 Today was worthwhile. Here are the stats for the day: Recruiter interactions: 5 Scheduled calls: 6 (1 pending) Applications submitted: 3 Network interactions: 7 (SMS, LinkedIn, and...

Day 1 Whew. I began the day at 6:20 a.m., about 35 minutes later than I intended. I’ve been getting to bed later than 11 p.m., which basically guarantees I won’t wake up at my target of 5:45 a.m....

Day 0 Today was my first day unemployed since I got my first restaurant job in college, around 2010. I was impacted by a RIF at the company that I was working for. I wasn’t good enough. I’m comfor...