Help Me Retire: I was laid off after 23 years — how do I save my retirement? ‘I fight panic attacks watching my severance dwindle.’

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Dear MarketWatch, 

In February I got the news that my job was being eliminated as part of the mass IT layoffs this year. After 23 years in corporate I’m now unemployed and looking. I took time to hit reset, get my home together and check off my personal Honey Do list (I’m single)…and as I continue my foray into outsmarting online applications, I fight panic attacks watching my severance dwindle and my time on COBRA tick away. 

I…