Advance Notice Challenge #1: Keeping up Your Work Performance

During the ensuing weeks before my severance package was delivered to me, I tried to maintain the same level of commitment and energy for the projects I was trying to wrap up. I will not mislead you -- this was not easy. It's pretty natural for you to find it harder and harder to complete your work as the date of your actual severance package draws near. Do the best you can if you find yourself in this situation. Know this is a pretty normal reaction even if you have always given things 100% of your focus. You need to maintain your conduct, attendance as well, since a mistake or outburst could lead (though I've rarely seen it happen) to your severance package being taken away and you just plain getting fired. Do the best you can with your remaining tasks. One thing that helped me was the "legacy" aspect. Since I knew I was leaving, I asked myself what positive things did I still have to get in place that would outlast me and leave a positive legacy? That question drove my behavior in those last couple of weeks more than anything else.