PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT KEEP IT SIMPLE will be different when we return to our ‘normal life.’ However, we should also take a pause to recognize the positive changes that have taken place through all of this. I for one have never felt more grateful for having had this time to myself for the first time in my life, to reflect, centre, and grow. Let us be gentle with ourselves and with each other. Continue to support each other and support local. Be proud of the way you have come through this pandemic, the way you have supported each other – it all means so much.
AMANDA KIRKLAND
Personal Development Coach amanda@bluconsulting.biz
“The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.” - Abraham Lincoln Take life one day at a time. Live in the present moment and focus on the task at hand without worrying about the future. Do not overthink. Thoughts about the future can be overwhelming. The COVID-19 pandemic has altered almost every aspect of our lives. Couples who had been burying their problems for years quickly had them exposed. Weak and opportunistic friendships got washed out. Fragile careers were broken. Miserable lifestyles replaced. Bad TV shows deleted. But these difficult times do not just expose weakness, they also reinforce strength.
Get vaccinated as soon as possible. Ignore the noise and nonsense. There are a lot of hacks out there making a quick buck spreading bad data about vaccines and more. Follow the science. Please get vaccinated. And just in case you need a reminder... you’re doing great. For now, signing off from a place of calm, joy, and love.
AMANDA KIRKLAND
Personal Development Coach www.amandakirkland.com I am a Personal Development Coach helping professionals get their sh*t together without hundreds of hours of therapy. I will guide and support you in creating a healthy mindset and habits that will bring a positive impact to your life, often using my own experiences as a reference point. If you would like to hop on a call and hear more, please reach out to me. amanda@bluconsulting.biz
Good relationships became better. Important decisions got made. Priorities got straightened out. Empathy for others has replaced apathy. We should have every confidence that life will once again begin to resemble the pre- pandemic days of 2019. Cities will not die. Restaurant, entertainment, and hospitality industries will come back. Just as they have after every pandemic since first recorded in 430 B.C. during the Peloponnesian War (the earliest recorded pandemic happened during the Peloponnesian War in 430 BC and started in Athens. After the disease passed through Libya, Ethiopia and Egypt, it crossed the Athenian walls as the Spartans laid siege. As much as two-thirds of the population died). It can’t be ignored, the world has changed, and we may have expectations of how things
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