If someone tells you to jump into self-care immediately after a layoff, either they've...

If someone tells you to jump into self-care
immediately after a layoff, either they've...

...never been laid off (without something lined up)
OR
aren't taking your situation as serious as it should be.

Either way, it's terrible advice.

Think of a LAYOFF like a burning house.

IF your house is on fire:

It's shocking

100% an emergency
Going to hurt financially

It's absolutely NOT the time to:

>> to go get a massage
>> to take up goat yoga in your living room
>> to dance around and sing Lizzo's "Special" for a day and take your foot off the gas

And while self-care is important LATER -- it is NOT a priority when your wallpaper is curling and you're tapping doorhandles for heat on the way out.

Nope.

Not yet.

It IS time, however, to grab your 'go bag' and 'get outta that house.'

And by 'go bag' after a layoff, I mean 2 specific things:

1// YOUR CONTACTS
2// YOUR METRICS

Sit down and write out everyone you know,
grab your database that you developed,
download the numbers and
wins that you generated.

These things are your insurance policy for the future.
They will save you in that next interview with Smith & Nephew
when they ask you "so, how much revenue/volume growth did you achieve, and how?"

They'll be your lifeline after that computer is shut off and mailed back to Home Office when you're trying to network with those on the inside and sending thank you notes and reviews (Traction Clients, ikyk).

(and if you're on my email list, you'll soon find out e x a c t l y how to do this on Saturday, too. I've got you)

So grab a seat, a pen, and paper -- and write. it. all. down.

This is your Exit Plan.
Your Personal Escape Hatch.
Your Fire Squad at the Ready Should the Worst Happen.

And once you've done that
it's self-care time.

And hey,
if you know that you may need this 'go bag'
what's stopping you from gathering these things before su casa is aflame?

Take it from someone who's been through 5 of these.

Contacts
Metrics
Self-Care

(In that order)

xo
Claire

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