Losing Your Job at 40: What It Really Feels Like Why Losing Your Job at 40 Hits Different Losing your job stings, no matter how old you are. But when it happens at 40, it hits differently. It’s not just the shock; it’s the avalanche that follows, like the bills piling up, the family counting…

Life After Layoff: How I Reinvented Myself as a Freelance Copywriter at 47 and How You Can Too. On a Tuesday afternoon, my calm, predictable life came to an abrupt halt. I recall the sterile hum of the fluorescent lights as I put twenty years of experience into a single cardboard box. I was 47…