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Life Will Never Stop Being a Rollercoaster
How can we best deal with the sharp turns and the loop-de-loops?
We’re now almost a month into a worldwide lockdown. Did you see this coming?
I didn’t. I was taken completely by surprise. That a disease could cause this scale of change to our way of life is straight out of an end-of-the-world type horror movie.
How have you reacted to this sudden change?
Did you run to the store to buy up all the toilet paper you could get your hands on? Did you scour the shelves for hand sanitizer? Did you stockpile your pantry with non-perishables?
If you did, you’re not alone. The grocery stores have been mad-houses for the past couple of weeks. And it makes sense, doesn’t it? We’re all trying to find a little bit of certainty and comfort during an uncertain time.
And the thought of living without food or toilet paper is perhaps a thought that had never before even crossed our minds. And now that it has, perhaps it’s too unsettling to ignore.
But, it’s not our behaviour, per se, that we might want to reflect upon — it’s the emotions driving our behaviour.
Are you worried? Concerned? Afraid?
There is a lot of change going on. People are losing their jobs. Industries are on the verge…
