There is an oft shared post on social media lately that goes something like this: 0% of people in 2015 accurately predicted where they would be in five years. Truth. Aside from maybe Bill Gates, a handful of epidemiologists, scientists, and several imaginative authors, who could have predicted the coronavirus pandemic? So much to say about that. Not to mention the newly adopted vocabulary words we’ve embraced to describe our situation: new normal, anyone? I’ll stop right there. Playbooks, vocabulary, and plans aside, we are finding our way through this.
Now six months in with over 200,000 lives lost in our country, what’s the plan? Do we have one? Can we have one? Should we have only one? Prior to the pandemic, I lived by plans, goals and checklists. I confess that I overplan, overthink, and overdo most everything. Anxiety much? Anxiety, much. Thanks, corona. I don’t need to tell you that the pandemic has heightened anxiety, overthinking, and overdoing in many folks, including this one. I absolutely fill all the hours and then some. The overplanning part? How do you do that when suddenly all of your best-laid plans were tossed into the dumpster fire that is 2020? You plan for every possible scenario, that’s how. So many scenarios. So many conversations. So much time and energy. Anyone else running on fumes? You are not alone.
If any of this resonates with you, let’s pause and take a breath together. We can do that, you know…pause. Breathe. Breathe in and out…at least three deep breaths. Coronatide may feel like a tidal wave. In reality, this coronatide season will ebb and flow, just like the tides. Ride those waves. Find replenishment and float through the rising. Rest in the receding. We can do this.