A good time to re-evaluate?!
As countries round the world are hammering down their curves and governments are trying to breathe life into the economy, some restrictions are — slowly but surely — being eased. Everyone is wondering when life will go back to normal, or what the new normal will even look like. It feels good to get a haircut, go see your RMT, and see your friends and family again, even if only at a 2m distance. I certainly enjoyed recently going back to work and supporting my clients again. There is a lot to look forward to as we go through the proposed gradual phases of opening doors.
But before we all jump in and try to resume life as usual, I wonder if we can take a moment to think about how to move forward and re-evaluate our lives. Do we want to go back to exactly how things were before? Could we return to some ways of life and keep some of the new ways we’ve learned?
This pandemic has forced us into some different modes of living, and when we are not in control of our own decisions it never feels great at first. We feel anxious, restricted, resentful, and mourn the loss of the way things were. As I moved through these emotions, I also noticed that there were silver linings. The more I focused on those the more I actually became grateful, and when I began to notice the benefits I started to question if in fact how I was living before was…
