Some people feel a dip (at that moment) as something that will never end, spinning around endlessly and no longer seeing the forest for the trees. This can be done on all kinds of fronts, but during an economic recession a sharply declining financial picture is often the basis. The question of “how to get out of here” then naturally arises.
Perfect world?
After all, you have carefully created your own perfect world that is suddenly partly reversed or stops completely due to an economic dip. The well-known step back is difficult, on the one hand because of that comfortable picture that cannot be filled in (for a while) and on the other hand because of the outside world. Thinking of being seen as failing and less respected is a kind of shame for many people.
The basis is built up from different aspects (Maslow) and can therefore cause that dip, namely:
- Organic: Food/drink, sleeping, defecating, sex, sports/exercise.
- Security/safety: Working (to be able to live), living (living in organized groups such as a family or larger neighborhood.
- Togetherness: social relationships, love, friendships.
- Self-respect: role in the group, prestige, status.
- Self-actualization: personal development, self-fulfillment.
If the carefully constructed bottom falls away in one or more areas, think of work in addition to finances also of self-respect and self-actualization, then the dip is born. There are several aspects that come into play, causing you to fall into a slump. One person knows how to find their own way out and the other needs help from the environment or professional help.
Get started yourself
The vast majority of people initially try to figure it out themselves, and the good news is that the largest group also manages to do this. With the caveat that coming out is also a new job, but this does not always solve the more comprehensive dip. Apparently yes, because we are picking up our old lives again.
Focus and go into depth
However, if you are going for a solution to your dip, focusing is important. Set yourself a goal and go for it. For example, if you have lost your job, it is not only a good idea to start looking for new work, but also to look at why, for example, your self-esteem has suffered a dent and why it is so important to you that others respect you. Do you even go so far as to derive your own value from what others say about or from you?
After all, if you don’t address this, part of the problem will continue to arise, but will only be pushed into the background because you are busy with the new job again. Eliminates self-esteem issues, right?
Not really, of course, and so depth is an important step. Experience what really makes you happy and if being happy is currently not possible or only partly possible due to your dip, it is important to address this aspect. Easier said than done, but it is still important.
As an example, self-esteem may not be that surprising because you were fired. The way people looked up to you with your responsible job may not be the case at the moment. On the one hand, this says something about the other person, because people only think you can be respected if you have a responsible job and on the other hand, you have to ask yourself whether you should not experience it as normal that you can also be respected when you don’t have a job for a while. Respect is a human being, not a job. So it is partly within yourself.
Loving yourself
Always assume that a dip has a delivery/top and you therefore go along with the flow. That focus is important for a new, different job. The other focus is working on yourself and you have to love yourself to find yourself respectable even when you don’t have a job. You know you can do something, but the economy is not going well.
Finally
A positive approach, self-belief and focus are the basis of your being during such a period. It sounds so simple, but history has shown that after a dip there is an upturn and people prove to be extremely flexible and can therefore bounce back. In the meantime, work on yourself, your development, make sure you stay on track and focus on what you are good at and what makes you happy.