Mel Robbins

to be able to look for a job and to network.

So that's simplify number one.

Simplify number two, and this is going to sound weird, is I want you to come up with a simple plan for how you're going to make yourself a better version of yourself while you're unemployed.

What do I mean by that?

well, this is the perfect time for you to make yourself a project.

Is this when you get in the half marathon?

Is this when you cut out sugar or alcohol?

Is this when you read a book every week?

Is this when you go back to therapy?

Like what is going to make you

simplify this, the best version of you.

And you never had time to do this, by the way, because you were always working and stressed out and too tired because of work and you always had stuff with work and so you couldn't do that.

No.

If we simplify the next three to six months into something that you're going to work on for yourself that makes you happier, that makes you feel more alive, that is the second thing we're going to simplify and do.

And here's why.

Because if you're happier, if you're working on something cool, if you feel stronger, if you're taking better care of yourself while you're networking and making this career pivot, you're going to be better at interviews.

You're going to be more energized.

You're going to have something to talk about.

Something's going to light up inside of you that was not lit up in that job that was sucking your soul dry, and that's going to impact the type of work you find.

And that brings me to the third simple plan you need.