One of the things that stands out when dealing with unemployment is frustration. There is frustration with the system from understanding the unemployment system to waiting for responses on status. There is also the frustration of trying to find a new job or begininning a new career.  Are you feeling frustrated? Do you feel down or depressed? Frustrations in life can cause you to be in a bad mood. But science shows what you can do to keep frustration from negatively impacting your mood.

Staying positive when the world is going crazy is one of the best ways of surviving the tide and making it out of the storm. It may seem when you are unemployed or facing a lay off this is especially true. However, this task can be challenging but may possibly be the only thing which can get you out of the woods. It requires a strong mindset.

There is an aspect of long term unemployment that takes place when individuals cannot seem to find opportunities for work. People drop out of the labor force and just give up looking. This can be especially true with the Coronavirus. The impact the pandemic has made opportunities for work fluctuate. At some point job openings become available. But when incidents of increased infection occurs, there is a risk of businesses shutting down and reducing work opportunities. People may just be frustrated to the point of not willing to look for work. But quitting a job search is the worst thing anyone can do.

Conducting a job search when unemployed can be a roller coaster ride. There are ups and downs that have to be dealt with. There seems to be opportunity one day and his a roadblock the next. Even being unemployed can be demanding on wellbeing. The world that we are living in today is anything but peaceful and predictable. It seems that every day there is some new tragedy or cause for fear that demands every ounce of our attention. These incidences come from every direction and in all shapes and sizes. Whether a personal issue arises that completely disrupts your peace of mind but seems to only affect you personally or a global event transpires that uproots the happiness and joy of millions of people simultaneously, our world can be a very uneasy place to exist.

There are so many issues going on with unemployment both the system and the people who are unemployed. People are not finding work. The system is overloaded. But there is something that can be done. It is one thing most people love the sound and idea of but struggle to make a reality. Goals! We all know that goals do get us somewhere. Well, if followed through. Goal setting has become a popular theme for the first two months of each year. However, the energy eventually dies down as the year progresses. Then the question is, is what we normally do at the beginning of each year goal setting or just excitement and, simply writing down wishes? And yes, there is a difference between wishes and goals. A wish is a desire or hope for something to happen whereas a goal is defined as the ‘object of a person's ambition or effort; an aim or desired result’. Or, maybe it is goal setting and the only problem is that we are not being intentional about it. We need to be intentional in our goal setting. Being intentional in goal setting means going beyond setting targets.

Unemployment can be challenging in every aspect of life. To thrive in such an environment, you really need to be ahead of every situation. It can be in the business world or life, focus on your competition, and make sure whatever you are doing is ahead of every circumstance. The secret of staying ahead is to continue gaining new information and knowledge. You should not stop learning if you want to maintain your value in life.

Therapists and counselors choose their profession based on helping others. They seek to be of service to those who need their assistance. But there may come a time when it is time for a change. Counselors and therapists can lead a life on their own and still be of service to others. Life as we have come to know it, is made up of decisions that we make, either wrong or right. These decisions at the end of the day, combined, give direction to the life that we lead today and have a bearing on what is to come tomorrow. They determine who we become and have an influence on our position in society.

Unemployment has affected so many of all ages and economic ranges. People have had their lives turned upside down and have had to make adjustments. One of the populations affected that is particularly hit hard is those in midlife.

People in midlife may face issues of their own. But they might be squeezed by issues of other generations. They may have kids who have student loans. They have older family members who need care. They have their own problems to deal with in addition.

This came up in in the Indeed.com community forum on June 5, 2013 by username Twinbrownie for a person they know. It is titled Over 40 Years Old-Unemployed & Hopeless. This episode explores options in this situation.

Overthinking occurs when you worry so much about something that you spend too much time thinking about it, and end up getting it stuck in your own head so there’s room for nothing else, eventually leading you to make poor decisions and fail. People like this will get so caught up in all the semantics and little things that they forget the bigger picture and start to stress themselves out about things that barely even matter.

When starting over in a career it means making change. People are reluctant to change because they become comfortable. Even if it is with a job or a boss they hate, they are reluctant to change because it is what they are familiar with. Making a change means stepping out of one’s comfort zone. It means going into something that is unfamiliar. Without change, you’re not going to make the switch from a mediocre life to a successful one.