During past job searches, how did you keep yourself motivated? Looking for constructive habits and mindsets for folks who might be in the struggle that produced good results for you.

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Take an online course for a skill you want to learn. It'll give you something to work towards and keep you motivated. As a bonus you can add that skill to your resume.

Give yourself a schedule like a real job. Wake up, go to the gym after a healthy breakfast job search. Then prepare a healthy lunch. After lunch, maybe do some professional development or update your résumé according to some job opportunity that you found online. Try to connect with people to improve your network. Set up coffee or something for another day in the week. Take an afternoon nap. Maybe get a second workout in or at least I’ll walk around the neighborhood to pretend you’re walking home from work. Make a healthy dinner. Spend time with the family. Go to bed early.

That’s what I did when I was laid off. I made myself goals that I would work out regularly. I would grocery shop and cook real meals every single day and not get into a bad habit of eating pre-processed food.

Keeping a schedule really helped. Although there were some times where I felt really low and it was hard to keep motivated. I think that’s just normal.

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