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This week has been exceptionally difficult for me. Based upon my previous posts, it’s not a secret that I am now among the unemployed. The majority of my week was spent filling out resumes, sending emails, and checking the voicemails on my phones for potential employers.  I can say that this week, I really came to believe that I am among the impatient. I am not oblivious to the world that I reside in. I am well aware of the millions of unemployed in the world. I even have friends and family that are included in the numbers. I can easily recount many conversations that I had with friends in family, where I called myself empathizing with their circumstances. I have said things like” it can happen to any of us” or “it can happen to any of us. “The truth is that I think I was being sincere but I also think I was just saying what I thought was appropriate.  Deep down I was thanking my lucky stars that I was not in their shoes.  It’s like that feeling that many of us get when we see a tragedy on television.  We truly feel sympathy for those people enduring the tragic event but we are real happy that we are not among them. I say it’s out of sight, out of mind thinking. Despite my personal connection, actually being included in the numbers is not easy for me. My current unemployed status has made the world of unemployment more realistic than I would like to admit. It’s depressing and stressful.  Most of all, its eye-opening.

I decided to do a little research on the unemployment in the areas in which I am avidly seeking employment. I live in Charlotte NC but I am very very close to the South Carolina border, which makes the option of working in South Carolina a very realistic one for me. I was specifically wondering how bad unemployment in my area was, in comparison to the rest of the United States. Looking at the chart, I am not sure if my idea to search was a great one. Another week of feeling down and hopeless was not my plans. According to the data, unemployment in North Carolina and South Carolina in March of 2011 surpassed the national unemployment rate. Based on my past week, the data doesn’t seem to lie. I think I have applied for every possible job within my search. On a positive note, the data does show that unemployment has declined on the national level. This fact alone does provide a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel.

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With all of the negative data and lack of responses from my job searching, I had to have a candid conversation with myself. It is so very easy to allow oneself to get discouraged. It’s actually easier to let it all get me down instead of being optimistic and positive about the future. Despite all of the negative outcomes that I can undergo, due to my unemployment status, I have decided to find the positive among it all. For the last three to four months, my hubby and I made the conscious decision to change our diets. Our changes have been successful. The one difficult part for me was integrating regular exercise into my life. After a long day at work, it was really hard to establish physical activity into my life as a constant.  Being completely honest, I hate working out. I just do not see the fun in it. It is the hardest part to my goal of weight loss and better overall health. I would always use my job as my reason for skipping a scheduled workout. I am the queen of excuses and procrastination. Since my firing, I have seen my diet suffer. I have not really eaten much that is unhealthy. I have found that I stay up late and sometimes sleep in. I skip meals and have fallen off my schedule. I am negating my progress. I will be honest, I have let it get me down but I must turn it around.  So, I am making a pledge.  Instead of drowning in my own sorrow, I am going to change my approach.  The physical exercise that I need in order to achieve my health goals will be implemented. I will also make sure to get on track with my food choices. I will continue to put out resumes and applications. Most important, my circumstance will not rule my attitude and outlook on life. I am not the first, nor the last to be unemployed. It's past time for me to end my pity party.