Low days while job hunting after 16 years as a call-centre agent

I have been out of work for 23 weeks and this week has been the hardest. I keep comparing myself with friends who are working. What helps you on bad days?

A fixed routine helped me most: up at the same time, one hour of job search, then a walk. Small but it worked.

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it last year, and it settled down once I kept a simple log of every call and form.