Thomas Vu of Riot Games | You Will Get Your Downtime, One Way or Another
Sometimes, awful things happen to you. Life can really suck sometimes. Thomas Vu of Riot Games | When you find yourself in a situation where you wish life were giving you something as harmless as lemons, here's what to do. There'll be intellectual factors to this situation. If you lose your job, for example, you'll need to make some plans. Things like making a budget and applying for new jobs. File that under D for 'duh'. What folks often forget are the emotional factors. After getting sucker punched, right after you take care of any urgent issues, take some downtime. Lie on the grass or stare at the wall. It's easy to think of the cliché griever - someone who responds to having the floor drop out from under them by drinking themselves blind. A less obvious one, but still a cliché, is the person who throws themselves into work. "I need this," they'll say. These can be nothing more than attempts to escape from their unplea...