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		<title>Blogging as Therapy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 05:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My heart goes out to the multitude of fellow architects who have been hit by the current recession.  ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>As I’ve mentioned in previous posts my heart goes out to the multitude of fellow architects who have been hit by the current <a class="zem_slink" title="Recession" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recession">recession</a>. This time last year I had held one of the 41,000 architectural jobs that were lost in the first three quarters of 2009. </strong><strong>(I haven’t seen the <a class="zem_slink" title="Bureau of Labor Statistics" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Labor_Statistics">Bureau of Labor Statistics</a>’ year-end job loss number. I&#8217;m not sure I want to.) I hoped the new year would bring economic recovery, but friends in my personal network are still being hit, or haven’t recovered from earlier hits.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong> </strong><strong> <img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-383" style="border: black 6px solid;" title="'38 Unemployment Line" src="http://www.buildingcontent.highercontent.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/38-Unemployment-Line-300x234.jpg" alt="'38 Unemployment Line" width="300" height="234" /></strong></p>
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<p><strong>I’m so grateful to have found a job in a nearby state, in a familiar city. I pledge to do whatever I can to help the rest of us.  </strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>I hope this helps: Try blogging.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Within days of being laid off I launched a blog to tell about my job search. Although my wife and friends were uber-supportive, I needed an outlet to keep creative hope alive. I treated my posts as short, self directed design projects; a blend of graphics and text. I believe blogging became a form of therapy. I didn’t write every day, I wrote when I wanted to. Many of the posts weren’t even about my job search. You’ll see…</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://one-mans-job-search.blogspot.com/2009/03/friday-13th.html" target="_blank"><strong>One Man&#8217;s Search for Employment</strong></a></p>
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<p><strong>If this sounds therapeutic, like something you could use, please let me know. I’ll show you the no-cost methods to get started. Who knows, maybe it will morph into a long-range endeavor as it has for me. Either way, my prayers for your job recovery will continue.</strong></p>
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