I just got laid off and I feel freedom like I haven’t felt in years!!!!!!!

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A word of advice: If part of the freedom is just being out of the industry, resist the temptation to take another agency gig once the ol’ job search begins. Now go see an a matinee movie and have an awesome Thursday.

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One of the first things I did after a layoff was watch a matinee movie and hang out at the park. It was liberating!

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Me too!! Time to do my own thing!!

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Feel this. So so hard.

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Congrats and enjoy this feeling!!

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I don’t know if you live in a big city, but you can go to museums when there’s no crowd. Is there an oyster happy hour you’ve been scoping out? You can be first in the bar. Parks. Gym. Grocery shopping. It’s all amazing.

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I do- can’t wait to recharge the batteries and come back stronger!

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I read that without the word “off."

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Looking forward to that as well!

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It’s a great feeling to get out of a crappy situation. Just escaped one myself. Enjoying not being in a rush and doing whatever I feel like. I even like doing boring chores again.

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Did you get decent severance?

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Yep

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