I've been in the kind of spot you're in. I survived it. There's nothing so special about me. You can do it, too. Every day make a careful, accurate inventory o

I've been in the kind of spot you're in. I survived it. There's nothing so special about me. You can do it, too. Every day make a careful, accurate inventory of the things that are under your control and the things that are not. Don't worry about the things that are not under your control; they're none of your business. They're like the weather: they come and go as they will. Focus on the things that are under your control, on finding out what is the best thing you can do about them. Do it as well as possible. You can survive the loss of a job. You can survive losing a place to live. You can survive diagnosis of a debilitating, incurable illness. You can survive the loss of the future you thought was ahead of you. I survived all of these, and went on to do things that I judge to be good and worthwhile. Like I said, there's nothing so special about me. What I can do, you can do. Some of the other comments have good ideas and good advice. Take those and use them. Some comments are unhelpful. Forget those. Remember: I lost my job, my family, my home, my career, and my health. I'm still here. I still do things that I think are good and worthwhile. Some of the best things that have ever happened to me happened after my great catastrophe. I did it, so you can do it. I wish you the best of luck.