My older brother was in the kitchen and looked puzzled about why I was home at 10:30am on a Monday. Instead of waiting for the obvious line of questions, I let him know that I had been fired. “How could that happen?” he asked. “I wasn’t doing a good enough job I guess.” I said trying to brush it off. The kitchen went silent for a second before my brother asked, “Ok. So what do we do now?” I was suffering from tunnel vision and my next step forward wasn’t exactly on my mind. “I don’t know,” I admit. I’m glad my brother was home at that moment despite him seeing me at a very low point. He realized my reaction wasn’t great and called me out on it. “Adrian, grow up!” he exclaimed, “ You got fired from a job you didn’t even care that much about. You’re gonna be ok. Instead of moping and feeling sorry for yourself, learn from this and start acting like an adult!” He was
My older brother was in the kitchen and looked puzzled about why I was home at 10:30am on a Monday. Instead of waiting for the obvious line of questions, I let him know that I had been fired. “How could that happen?” he asked. “I wasn’t doing a good enough job I guess.” I said trying to brush it off. The kitchen went silent for a second before my brother asked, “Ok. So what do we do now?” I was suffering from tunnel vision and my next step forward wasn’t exactly on my mind. “I don’t know,” I admit. I’m glad my brother was home at that moment despite him seeing me at a very low point. He realized my reaction wasn’t great and called me out on it. “Adrian, grow up!” he exclaimed, “ You got fired from a job you didn’t even care that much about. You’re gonna be ok. Instead of moping and feeling sorry for yourself, learn from this and start acting like an adult!” He was