“Someday everything will make perfect sense. So, for now, laugh at the confusion, smile through the tears, and keep reminding yourself that everything happens for a reason.”
My goal for this pandemic was to get up every Monday and write up a blog post. This week I couldn’t do it. No matter what I did, I felt the word “stuck”. I don’t like to even use that word because what I realize is that you are not really stuck but refusing to budge. There is something that you are supposed to be doing and you refuse to see any way to do it. This was me and to some extent, it still feels that way. I’m feeling on edge. I’m feeling like I can’t do anything right now due to current circumstances. I’m at Week #8, I think, and it’s getting real. Even though our governor said things will start re-opening, I’m feeling like this will go on for a long time.
It is not something going on but more that life has completely changed in a short, short time. I go out and see people worrying about whether people are wearing masks or not. I see that life at Shake Shack (our treat for today) has morphed into people sitting in their hot cars and the masked workers bringing bags to the cars. It’s sad for me and that is where I have the opportunity to shift my thinking and my reality. This is what life will look like for, probably the rest of the year. If I don’t shift my thoughts, it’s going to be a long 2020.
I remember waking up on New Year’s Day thinking that 2020 was going to be an amazing year for many reasons. Little did I know that it would be a different year from any that I have ever experienced in my life. I was working full-time for the first time in a long time due to some life circumstances. I got super sick in February (thinking now I had the “rona”), I was forced to quit my job due to the illness and then the wave hit. I went from a high to a low. We all did. No one knew what was coming or how to prepare for it. It’s how we come out the other side of this that will determine our future.
Each day I get up and gauge how my day is going to go. What key I was missing is that I have the power to make how my day goes. I stick to a schedule of meditation, walking, etc. Today my son and I deviated from our schedule and went out for lunch and to pick something up from a friend’s house. We both got so thrown off, we came home and took a deep nap. I woke up thinking, is everything going to make me tired and in need a nap? I sure hope not.
I believe the message I am getting today is to continue living in the day by day mindset for now. Stick with my schedule, look at my next right steps, and then step into my best future. I’m sticking to my exercise routine, doing my writing and looking for future opportunities. If that’s “all” I am doing right now, that’s a lot better than binge watching Netflix and eating Thin Mints. Well, the Thin Mints, they were gone the first week of this pandemic.
Life is what we make it. We are the architects of our lives. What will you do with yours?
Until My Next Adventure,
Trish Walker
Check out my “Act As If” program at my website www.trishwalker.us. Set yourself up for success on the other end of world events. Who do you want to be when we step into our new normal?
