Recently Laid-Off Workers - Immediate Financial Reactions

I’d love to hear from folks who experienced an unexpected layoff. NO ONE talks about the finances of a layoff. Did you immediately change your spending habits? I’d love to hear from people who experienced an unexpected layoff — because we rarely talk about the money panic that hits immediately after. Did you: • Freeze all spending? • Cancel vacations and pull kids from activities? • Pretend everything was fine… while quietly panicking? • Quietly celebrate the fact that you have an emergency savings account? • Finally take that month long vacation to Japan because you had freedom and time? Or did you keep spending normally because you believed it would be short-lived? I’m working on an article on the finances of a layoff and would love to hear your experience and best advice.