8. Mind Yourself

The job hunt gets all the attention. The search, the CV, the applications, the networking. And meanwhile the one thing that has to carry you through all of it, you, gets left to fall apart in the background.Here's the thing not many people put on the checklist. You are the vehicle for everything that comes next. If you break down, nothing else runs. So looking after your head isn't the soft, optional bit. It's the part everything else depends on.You are not your job titleStart here, because it's the one that does the most damage.When a job goes, it can feel like a verdict on your worth. It isn't. The title was a hat you wore, not your head. The company rented your time, they never owned your value, and they certainly didn't get to decide it on the way out.The people who come through this best are the ones who hold on to a sense of self that was never fully tied to the lanyard. So go and find those parts of you again. The friend. The parent. The runner, the cook, the musician, the…