The first Monday after job loss is its own kind of morning. The neighbors leave for work, the commute sounds fade, and you are left in a day that used to belong to someone else. The First Monday is a short, practical book for that specific day and the ones that follow. It offers a simple, flexible structure built on three anchors: one job-search task, one physical movement, and one connection. It does not pretend the day is a normal workday, and it does not promise a job by a certain point. It helps you shape the hours so they feel purposeful without denying how strange and painful the transition can be. Written in a calm, plainspoken voice, this first volume in The Month After series is for anyone who needs a place to start when the usual structure is gone.
