Too old to start over at work
By Maya Staff ·
A layoff, or the fear of one, after twenty years in. What the worry about age is made of, and which parts can be tested.
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- Feeling: Feeling fearful
- Thought: Nobody hires someone my age. If this job goes, that is it
- Belief: What I know is out of date, so I am too
- Question: What can I do now that I could not at thirty?
- Insight: I have seen three reorganizations through and people still call me when it gets hard
- Question: What can I do now that I could not at thirty?
- Behavior: Keep my head down, skip the new tools, and avoid updating my résumé
- Insight: Send two applications and ask one old colleague for coffee, then see what actually comes back
- Insight: If it does go, I have a plan for the first month. I have rehearsed it, so it frightens me less
- Belief: What I know is out of date, so I am too
- Thought: Nobody hires someone my age. If this job goes, that is it