By: Brianna Robles writing for Well+Good
Recently, I found myself sitting on the edge of my bed, panicking over the phone call that just ended. My boss saying the words “you’re just no longer a good fit” replayed over and over in my head. I had just been laid off, with no warning and seemingly no safety net. Bills, bills, and more bills lay piled on the table. How am I going to survive? I wondered.
At that moment, I recalled a previous conversation with my therapist. I had mentioned in a session how I was a workaholic and never really knew how to rest. Growing up in poverty, work was all I knew. I watched my family members work and so I followed suit. I never wanted to revisit having no money or bills not being paid. Instead, I traded in my time and well-being for cash. And yet with this layoff, I found myself back in that very position I had worked so hard to avoid.
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