Having been through too many of these and if you've been through one, you know one is already too many, I wish better times for my former co-workers who were let go in the recent layoff. Those of us remaining are with you. And you should know that you will come out on the other side.Now while you're doing all the right things of being positive and updating your resume and looking for a position and a hundred other positive things, make sure you take the time to get this out of your system as best you can. You're not being negative or dwelling on the negative. You're dealing with a massive change that came unexpectedly. It's a big deal and it's personal because no matter how much you were told it's not personal, and no matter how professionally and stoically you may have reacted, it hurts. It hurts a lot, and it happened to you and that makes it very personal.
Do whatever you need to get that pain out—run, scream, pray, cry, eat ice cream (two scoop minimum but spoon to carton is preferred)—so you can be ready for when you will have to be professional and positive. You cannot carry this baggage because it will hold you back, sap your energy, and ultimately sabotage you.
During my last time out of work, I found a motivation playlist through the 8tracks app called "Motivation for life" by a user named Jason Cocurullo. This playlist pulled me through the dark days including a disastrous job hunting trip to the same area in Virginia where I now live. I believe it was heaven-sent because I stumbled onto it looking for workout motivation music but instead found motivation to get back into the game. God has His ways and this was one of them for me. May it work for you as well.
The playlist is at: https://8tracks.com/jasoncocurullo/motivation-for-life
In Italy, they don't say good luck, they say, "In bocca al lupo."
One of the coolest “recovery” tips and tricks I heard about was “list making”.
What you do over a few days is create a list of every positive thing you have ever done in your life—no matter how small—and every positive attribute you have—no matter how minor.
That means going all the way to school days. If you got an A in algebra in high school that counts. If you got a date with the prettiest girl in your class that counts as well.
Many of them you will have forgotten—and that is why it takes a few days to make the list and recover those memories.
Everybody has a very long list of accomplishments and good deeds—professional and personal.
Then after that any time you are feeling down you just pull out the list and read through it.
Obviously a great time to read through it is before any future interview.
:-)