If you all of a sudden find you have a vast expanse of free time, use it to clear out all the junk floating in your head and allow yourself to get back in touch with your mind's natural state.

Travelling is probably not an option for you right now, so if you've had an idea for a project you've always wanted to work on, go for it. Even if it fails, you can still use it as relevant experience if applying for a related job. If your mind's still blank, think about what you wanted to be as a kid and have a look into that.

Even if you don't end up in your dream career, if you find yourself working in an environment where you enjoy working with the people you work with, that in itself is an achievement.

I too was recently made redundant and am about to set off on an epic adventure of my own.

Good luck.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 23:56, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

Cheers spak.
When I was a kid, for some idiotic reason I wanted to be a farmer. Probably because our garden had a huge farmer's field at the bottom of it which contained carrots. That I would steal from time to time...

Knowing what I know about the industry now (farmers being a principle client, if you will) I wouldn't go near it!
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 27 Jul 2010, 0:00, Reply)