Here in the U.S., a record 10 million people have filed for unemployment in
the last two weeks, and employment estimates are at a mind-boggling
13%—which doesn’t even include gig economy workers.
I have friends who are pregnant, slated to get married, and who have family
members who are sick that they can’t visit. On a personal level, I am
staying buoyant, although in the last few weeks I have lost 90% of my
projected income for Q2, including money that I had been planning on
putting directly into a six-month business reserves account long before the
pandemic hit.
I did end up applying for the Small Business Association’s COVID-19
Economic Injury Disaster Loan (also called the Payroll Protection Plan),
despite initial hesitations that there were people who needed it more than
me.
We are all feeling it. I have been trying to journal through this, both in
my 5 Star Spiral Notebook (a 15+ year staple) and my new One Line a Day:
Five-Year Memory Book.
Along those lines, today I’m sharing some reflection questions that have
been helpful for me and others. We’re still early in all this, so I
recommend revisiting these even on a monthly basis (as well as episode 173
with Steven Morris on beautiful questions that reorient one’s life
trajectory).
I am purposefully not going through my analysis on the podcast yet, because
I want to give you the space to reflect on your own without influence from
my responses, but I’m happy to share in a future episode.
❤️ Finally, remember the Buddhist saying: nothing is permanent, personal,
or perfect.
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