Learning and growth while unemployed

Unemployment is a season, not a verdict. This note is about keeping your skills — and your sense of self — moving while the job isn't there yet.

This note is still a draft — I’m writing it now. The outline below is what’s coming. — Holly

The two traps

  • Grind guilt, total freeze, and the middle path between them.

Projects beat courses

  • Building real tools works as both a portfolio and a life raft.
  • [Holly: Spoonwise, Good Prospect, and Grant Scout as worked examples.]

Structure for weeks without external structure

  • [Holly: your actual weekly shape.]