Select a personal discipline and adhere to this discipline daily. Keep your decision and actions to yourself. Knowing that you are living into your discipline builds your self-confidence. Volunteer service gives you a different perspective on your situation. Address and reduce your debt.
Debt creates a dependent employment situation and creates a victim mentality.
Define a personal purpose for your work-career. A clear sense of purpose and goals provides you with benchmarks for evaluating your responses to change. Prayer and meditation are proactive and positive outlets. Complete one personal growth project each year. Establish a sense of personally moving forward in spite of changes that are outside your control.