Motivation Monday Save Money, Time and You

Motivation Monday Save Money, Time and You According to the April 2011 Bureau of Labor Statistic report, 43.4% of people have been in job search longer than 27 weeks.   Believe it or not, this is the lowest the percentage has been in a year.   To really put your head around how long 27 weeks is Thats 6.75 months. Thats 189 days.   Thats 4,536 hours. Now thats a long time. How do you endure this?   Staying positive.   Keep moving forward.   Dont get discouraged. Easier said than done.   Thats why each Monday, I provide some tips to help you fight feeling discouraged. Plan for the Long Haul This undoubtedly will take longer than you want.   Implement severe budget cuts if you havent done so already.   Get the whole family involved!   Doing without is a valuable lesson!   Be realistic.   This will take a while and there is only so much you can do.   Just an FYI, employers are taking a long time to bring people on board.   From the time an employer announces the job (if they do) to the point when the new employee starts is taking much longer.   How much longer?   Thats hard to say.   Consider these things:   there will be more than one interview, the company will have fires to put out,   multiple people with varying schedules are involved, not to mention vacations and holidays.   All this said, the employer might have a great sense of urgency to fill the job, however, life gets in the way. Clean out the clutter Are you surrounded by junk?   Do you feel overwhelmed by piles stuff everywhere?   Can you easily find what you are looking for?   In small segments of time, toss out that which you no longer need.   Put a pile to be filed (because you know where to file it) and the third pile is to sort through later.   Begin tossing.   Thats easiest and you achieve instant gratification! Carve out time for YOU What is it that you really enjoy doing?   Reading, working out, gardening, tinkering with technology or cars?   Build time into your schedule for these things.   Plan it.   Put it on the calendar so it has a spot and doesnt fall by the way-side when you get busy or overbooked. Are you struggling with extended long term unemployment?   What help do you need?   Let me know and Ill provide resources or suggestions!