Bah Humbug

There is no denying it.  The legal profession is in a recession and it is unclear when the cycle of layoffs will end.    If you are like many lawyers, you are not as busy as you would like to be.  If you are one of the unlucky ones, you may have already been laid off.

In trying to provide support to those of you who are feeling the stress of this down turn, I have posted a number of items on my blog (including here and here) and my BCG colleagues have posted on this blog (including here and here).  While none of us are trying to deny the reality of the situation, we have pointed out that there are things you can do to soften the psychological blow.

I have taken my own advice to heart.  After all, a slow down in hiring is not exactly ideal for those of us in the recruiting business.  So I go to the gym, I think of how much better off I am than many other people, I reach out to friends, and I spend time with my family.

But yesterday it hit me.  Little is going to change in the next two weeks.  Although I have candidates in process, it is highly unlikely that anyone will be hired before the New Year.  In short, I had a hard time getting going yesterday.

I thought about my own advice (going to the gym, calling friends, etc.) but then I realized that there was an important piece of advice that we have all left out.  Simply put, while it is important not to dwell on the negative and while it is equally important to take action in order to avoid sinking into a depressed state, it is also important to acknowledge the negative feelings.  They are there and they won’t simply go away because we repress them.

So I thought about my predicament and lay in bed about an hour longer than usual.  Then I headed off to the gym to get my day started.  And now I am looking forward to some of the things I plan to do over the holidays that don’t involve work.  I’m sure I will have my moments in the next two weeks.  But I will not try to exorcise my feelings without acknowledging that they exist.  Keeping it all bottled up will only have negative consequences in the future.

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