If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you’ve just been made redundant. Or you’ve been laid off. Or you’re in that strange in-between where the job is technically still there for a few weeks, but your body already knows it’s over.
And I’m not going to start with advice.
Because right now, you don’t need a productivity plan. You don’t need a “10-step job search strategy.” You don’t need someone chirping at you to “stay positive” while your nervous system is doing backflips.
You need a moment to breathe.
You need someone to say: this is a lot. And you’re not dramatic, weak, or “too sensitive” for feeling it.
Redundancy isn’t just practical. It’s personal.
Job loss doesn’t only hit your bank account. It hits your identity.
One day you’re busy, needed, in meetings, in motion. The next day you’re staring at your calendar like it belongs to someone else. You’re replaying conversations. You’re checking your email like it might change its mind. You’re trying to act normal while your body is quietly