The Emotional Toll of a Long-Term Job Search: What Do The Experts Say?

How do you manage the emotional toll of a long-term job search? How would you manage a long-term search? I found a way to pivot to my passions, but what do the experts suggest?

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Last week, I wrote about the emotional toll that a long-term job search can take on a person. I found that exploring this topic with honesty was both relieving and exhausting. It was relieving since I was sharing how I felt with the world and being open has helped me on my job search and career journey. But it was also exhausting because it made me sit in the emotions of the doubt for more than I care to.

My post last week ended with the following:

I know now that I am going to continue to be afraid of this unknown future, but I am going to do it anyway. Talking about the closing of the college has given me an edge that I didn’t have before, but I still have things I want and need to say. I know I am a bit rusty in presenting to students and colleagues, but I still need to do it, and get over the negative feedback that will likely come up the first time I try to do something.

If I am going to move on from these emotional tolls, I am at least going to redeem them for something valuable, like experience and passion. And from now on, I will let them move me to do something that…