I had a period of unemployment for about nine months after my first big break, and it's the greatest lesson I ever could have learned, never to believe you're home and dry.
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I just remember all those days in the unemployment line, stressed out over when my next job was coming.
Going on unemployment was a total low point for me, but it was also the point when I promised myself I'd write every day from 9 to 5. I tried to make the most out of every situation that came along.
I've several times had jobs that I thought were going to be my big break, and it didn't pan out.
Going on unemployment was a total low point for me, but it was also the point when I promised myself I'd write every day from 9 to 5.
Prolonged unemployment is a tragedy of broken lives, broken families, foreclosed homes, and life without health insurance.
I did go through a period where I was on unemployment. That was my low point: Martha Quinn on line at unemployment, hoping nobody will recognize her.
I learned that unemployment can be the great educator.
I realized I didn't need to go to work every day. I could work for the pleasure and the challenge, not for the mortgage payment.
People often think that losing your job is one of the worst things that can happen to someone. And, in some cases, that might be true. But for me, unemployment can be the time and the motivation to finally go after my goals.
I might have had a tough break; but I have an awful lot to live for.
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