You, job seeker, would have been more in control of your emotions if you had continued to focus on your job seeking activities AS IF you have not been in an extraordinary job seeker mode with more interviews to choose from. It could be 10th interview you have that will get you hired.

If longer than that, practice, practice, practice on what you are doing to find a job. Make more contacts, overhaul your resume again, make sure your skill set is one that employers want. If not, brush up on some of neglected ones. Keep going. It truly is not going to be a lifelong struggle to find one job!

Just keep your high's and low's within your reach. Think of over-enthusiasm as a balloon you let go of and its now out of sight. Make your sure you job seeker "balloons" are within reach.

Ok, now you have picture. When you turn negative into a positive, you will get an immediate positive physical feedback. Your brain gives you a reward of 'feel good juice' or endorphins. When you do this long enough your mind gets hooked on 'feel jood juice' and wants more and more positive feelings. You see there is a reward for being good. You will start feeling better. Some of your aches and pains may even start to receed.

Miracles - They are still around

If you think this is going to be easy....what do you think? You have spent years building up patterns of negative thoughts and negative behavious patterns. It is going to take a while to get rid of them. About 25 to 40 days to see any real change. Discouraging? I don't think so. Twenty-five fleeting days to begin to change all those YEARS of bad feeling into positive healthy feeling? I call that a miracle!

Now there are two catches to this one. (1) I want you to write down everytime you have a negative thought about something. Carry around one of those little spiral note pads that can fit in a pocket or purse. Don't forget a pen or pencil. Write down everytime you catch yourself having or saying a negative thought.

(2) Do this for thirty (30) days in a row. If you skip one, then start counting again. I can hear you screaming at me or whining all way across internet. Yep, I know it's hard, but payoff is so huge. A month or so of discipline is a very small price to pay.

You say "andrew, I just don't think I can do this." I'm here to tell you that you can. I did this a while back and had to start over three times. I kept up with it. Now I have a clearer mind, more focus and a better outlook on life. I even get those icky things done more easily and put off far fewer things that need to be done. You can do it, Just Get Started!

When you have finished 'Hanging out paNTs' for thirty days, drop me a line and let me know how it went. I always like to hear from others who complete this practice. I know you will struggle with it at first, but when you complete 30 days you will look back and wonder how you ever lived before.

I guarantee it. Now.... Let's Get Started!

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