Unemployment blues

Two months after being laid off and facing unemployment blues at every breathe of my living life now, (this sentence seems pretty depressing, isn't it?? but believe me I am not depressed, not even a shred anymore)

After graduating from RIT and interning with UTC in Connecticut for nine months, I thought I would be marketable and would land up a job in US economy. Well the fact that I am writing unemployment blues says that I was in fact working, obviously I did land up a job at downtown Rochester.
It is this year I started my full time job with enthusiasm obviously it was my first full time job after master's education. It went from good to great everyday for first three months. I was just so much in love with this job. It was like the perfect kind of job. You have flexible timings, knowledge transfer if you need, supervision if you need,( which I hated bTW), and a couple of young people around to keep you busy and energetic.

Well that being said, due to "economic" reasons in the middle of March month I was laid off and it came to me as a surprise. At the time I got laid off, I had 8 projects in hand, ( 2 were at a nascent stage, one was almost complete). It comes to me as a no brainer that I wasn't mentally ready for this. Saying that makes me think as if someone is going to be ever ready to take their job less in their face with a smile. If no, I am with you for the moment, if yes, you can tell me why and how !! :)

That one moment is diamond clear in my head, in my eyes. Not that I want to insert the drama mint or emotional flavor right now, but the intensity of this event is far reaching and has been tremendously intense at the same time. As an international kid, I was hoping that my parents would be able to participate in my commencement activities that are starting today at RIT, and will last into this Saturday. But irony of my situation is that I did this for few and those few aren't going to be a part of this. The blooming of flowers have failed to cheer myself about this event which was supposedly bigger than anything before, but now the transformation has made it just another day event for which I will push myself to go. Ultimately the attempt to gain a master's degree (and to earn my strides as they at RIT) was for my parents and my family.

It has been two days over two months after I was laid-off and I have been actively involved in networking events and "keeping me busy". I must tell you it's not easy; but its not hard as well. So keep on getting into something you like, and soon you will see your mind is off this enigma.

Stay tuned for my "Unemployed? What to do next? Tips how to stay motivated, busy & connected!! "