New Time Zone
My job was eliminated 7 weeks ago from a company I had been at for 21 years. It was told to me upon my arrival to the office early that Monday morning and I was given 5 minutes to leave the building. Since this event, my sleep pattern and energy level has been so odd. I get the familiar 3 o’clock afternoon fatigue but then rebound such that I am wide-eyed and bushy-tailed until 2 in the morning. I am no longer passing out by 8:30 pm. It has been quite unsettling. It hit me yesterday what it reminds me of. Jet lag! In that 5 minutes on that morning 7 weeks ago, I was transported to a time zone many galaxies away. It makes sense that my circadian rhythm is off. I have only worked at one other company since graduating college 35 years ago. Unemployment is a foreign land. I have started picking up the native language of my new homeland. The speech pattern includes Exit Statement, Elevator Speech, Positioning Statement, Networking, ATS, Key Words, Branding. I have been l...