India, Oct. 5 -- Losing a job can bring financial uncertainty, stress and questions about what comes next. However, a 27-year-old woman living in Canada has shared how being laid off eventually forced her to rethink her career, identity and the kind of life she wanted to build.

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Taking to Instagram, Semini Kulathilake shared a video reflecting on her experience nearly 10 months after losing her job.

"Let's talk about the perks of getting laid off. Yes, I said perks. Okay, hear me out before you come for me," she began.

Kulathilake recalled that her first reaction was far from positive. "When I first got laid off, I wa...