You Are Not Your Job Title — Don't Let Work Become Your Entire Identity

It's easy to fuse your sense of self with your professional role, especially when you're good at your job. But when your entire identity is built on your title, a layoff feels like an existential crisis instead of a career setback. Nurture relationships, hobbies, and parts of yourself that have nothing to do with work. The people who weather career storms best are the ones who have something solid to stand on outside the office. You are more than what you do from nine to five.