Productivity and Unemployment

Sarah Willey
2 min readDec 18, 2020

My musings on my recent layoff

Photo by Ryland Dean on Unsplash

This has been the busiest month of my life. Paradoxically, losing my job has made me more busy. How is it that getting 40 hours of my life back has felt like a burden? It seems to make no sense.

But this is why — I’m a planner. A goal setter. I’m organized, and when I’m on a clear path I can set my goals and manage my time really, really well.

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Sarah Willey

Consultant, writer, business scholar. Nonprofit nerd; passionate about relationship-building and community. sarah@sarahwilleyllc.com