So you got laid off just like millions of other men but you feel lost. If you have enough money to live with just unemployment insurance or your wife working then you are okay.
These are bad times and sacrificing ones ego to the greater good of your wife and family will be what is necessary in these times. Also, this will also help you when you retire in getting used to what one can do when not working.
First of all, one thing to think about is that if 7,000 people or more are applying for the same job you are, the probability is only one in 7,000 that you will get that job. Terrible odds. So rather than get depressed when you don't get that job remember the odds and move on.
Then next, your family. You now have time to help your kids with homework and their problems and to do whatever else you can afford to do. You can help your wife by taking over the finances if you don't already to that. You can do a room addition to your home if you have enough money to do that because the kids are getting bigger. You can go back to college and study whatever will help you personally or in your career. You can join a therapy group of people who have been laid off like you to help prevent alcoholism, drug abuse or spousal or child abuse from happening.
In other words if you just got laid off there is another job waiting for you at home: taking care of your family, mentally, emotionally and spiritually, and retraining yourself for a crazy new world. You can make new friends and go online to places like
linkedin.com to communicate with other professionals worldwide in ways to move forward, make money and help both yourself, your family, the world etc.
Even if you just got laid off there is a whole new world for you to explore, to help, to grow. Learn, grow, study, help, make friends, move forward. Your family needs you to, even if you are depressed that you got laid off. Your family, your friends and the world need you to be forward looking.
Always remember:
There are no problems, only opportunities!
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