one great way dealing with the emotional strain of having to look for a job… especially if you are looking for a job full time and don’t have one… is to keep a daily journal recording the activities of the day as well as your feelings and thoughts about how your day went. You don’t have to be out of work for very long to realize the vast array of emotions you experience even on a daily basis… you can go from feeling great about an interview you’re going to have to feeling lousy when you get a call canceling the interview an hour later… the ups and downs are drastic
By keeping a journal of not just your activities but also your feelings and thoughts you can begin to objectify as well as release a lot of the emotions that you are experiencing… psychologists have proven that journaling relieves stress..
Journaling is really easy to do especially with today’s technology… I use a ‘speak to text’ software to actually “write” by talking into my computer… your journaling can be done at the end of every day and serve as a summary of the day… your journal entry doesn’t have to be long or short …it just gives you a chance to emote and document your feelings on paper or, in the computer… journaling is a great way to relieve tension and have you feel like you “get it out of your system”… a weekly review of your journal will remind you that lots of positive things happen even during a difficult time… in case you hadn’t noticed, negative events have a lot more impact than positive events… we have a tendency to focus on the negative ones more than positive ones… it’s simply human nature…be sure to journal about at least one positive thing even if most of what you might write is negative… look back for insights that you might gain from previous entries and track your progress
So get yourself a speak text software and start journaling about your job search… you’d be surprised how the reflections and insights you gain in reviewing your journaling will create a sense of well-being…
