♪♪ >> Aron: I'VE RECENTLY GONE THROUGH A RITE OF PASSAGE THAT ALL WORKING PEOPLE GO THROUGH: I'VE BEEN LET GO.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT INEVITABLY HAPPENS TO EVERYONE, BUT IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU WON'T HAVE TO EXPERIENCE THE STRANGE DEVASTATION OF LOGGING ON TO A ZOOM CALL AND HAVING A BRITISH PERSON EXPLAIN WHY YOU NO LONGER HAVE A JOB.

YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN FIRED WITH AN AMERICAN ACCENT AND A BRITISH ACCENT, AND I GOTTA SAY AMERICAN'S BETTER; FEELS LESS COLONIAL.

I STARTED THIS MONTH OFF WITH A SHARP PANG OF UNCERTAINTY.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME, I'M NOT SURE WHAT COMES NEXT.

IT'S A LITTLE HUMILIATING, A LITTLE DISCOMBOBULATING, AND NOTICEABLY ISOLATING.

INTELLECTUALLY, I KNOW WHAT COMES NEXT: I GET A HAIRCUT, PUT ON A SUIT, AND START LYING TO A BUNCH OF MIDDLE MANAGERS ABOUT MY GREATEST WEAKNESS.

BUT EMOTIONALLY, I'M JUST SO OVER IT.

EVERY DAY FEELS LIKE A BOB DYLAN SONG.

IT'S JUST A MALAISE OF PESSIMISM AND SYMBOLISM.

WHEN YOU'RE DEPRESSED, EVERYTHING GETS TRANSMUTED INTO METAPHORS; IT'S EXHAUSTING.

THIS MORNING, I SPENT 20 MINUTES STARING AT ROADKILL BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS A MIRROR.

I'M MISERABLE.

I TOLD MY FRIEND I WAS LET GO AND HE SAID I NOW HAD MORE TIME FOR HOBBIES.

HOBBIES?

YOU KNOW WHAT MY FAVORITE HOBBY IS?

LOOKING AT MY CHECKING ACCOUNT EVERY OTHER WEEK.

NOW I GOTTA SETTLE FOR PAINTING WATERCOLORS OR STAMP COLLECTING.

I KNOW THESE FEELINGS ARE TEMPORARY, THAT IN A FEW DAYS IT'LL TURN AROUND, BUT IS THAT WHAT LIFE IS?

YOU GET A JOB, YOU TRY YOUR BEST, THEN SOME LADY FROM EUROPE TELLS YOU TO STOP, AND THEN YOU START THE WHOLE THING OVER AGAIN?

IT'S DISHEARTENING.

I DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION FOR THIS YET, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE.

I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF FEELING BAD, JUST SPREADING IT OUT SO IT'S LESS DAUNTING.

SO IF YOU'RE IN THE SAME BOAT AS ME, JUST SHARE SOME OF THE SORROW AND YOU'LL FEEL BETTER.

BECAUSE, BROTHER, NEXT WEEK I'M GETTING A HAIRCUT AND HANDING OUT RESUMES.

AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN DO WITH A FROWN.