5 Things To Do When Losing Your Work And Income

Now that the initial fear of health risks are somewhat addressed – by staying at home – the next fear surfaces: losing your work and income. This one, arguably, is worse. It impacts your livelihood: your ability to provide a living for yourself, and, more importantly, your loved ones. Taking that sense of security away can be scary.

If you’ve read my Happiness book, you know I haven’t worked in traditional, full-time employment for quite some time now. I value my sense of independence, and have reverse-engineered my life around that principle of freedom in a meaningful way to me. That being said, there are some clients I work more “intimately” for than others. I’ll be honest: When I knew I was going to lose a major client in the midst of the Covid19 crisis, I lost some sleep for a while.

When the faithful day was there and my contract ended, I wasn’t sure what was next. Losing a contract is nothing I haven’t dealt with before – but it’s always a bit of a traumatic experience. While most…