I went through a layoff earlier this year and one thing that surprised me was how much of the stress wasn’t the job search itself, but just keeping track of eve

I went through a layoff earlier this year and one thing that surprised me was how much of the stress wasn’t the job search itself, but just keeping track of everything else at the same time – benefits deadlines, paperwork, savings runway, follow-ups, etc. I ended up putting everything into a simple spreadsheet + checklist system so I could focus on actual decisions instead of remembering details. If anyone here is in that situation and wants something structured, I shared it here: https://signaldesk.gumroad.com/l/esywag https://signaldesk.gumroad.com/l/esywag Even if you don’t use it, biggest lesson for me was that having one place for all the moving parts made the whole process feel much more manageable.