Coping skill · 30 min
Day-one job-loss plan
You just lost your job and your head is spinning.
Do this
- Today is for feeling it. No big decisions today.
- Tomorrow: file for unemployment. It takes time to start.
- Check how long your health insurance lasts and what COBRA or a marketplace plan would cost.
- List your must-pay bills for the next 30 days only.
- Tell two people. Shame shrinks when it is spoken.
Why it works
Strong feelings and urges rise, peak and fall, usually within minutes. A skill gives your body something to do while the wave passes, and each time you ride one out, the next one gets a little easier.