HOW TO RETRENCH-PROOF YOUR LIFE By Fiona Wakelin
COVID-19 has spurred a global culling of livelihoods, leaving millions of families facing dire economic realities. So, how do you “retrench-proof” your life so that you come out of this pandemic stronger than before?
ACCEPT THE NEW NORMAL:
prevent us from thinking clearly about
We didn’t ask for the COVID -19 crisis to
how to best deal with the situation at
But here we are. When we face a time
Scott Peck, who wrote The Road Less
manage is the fact that we didn’t have
is difficult, once we truly understand
is often a tendency to resist making
difficult.” Emotions are messengers.
made in order to survive this time,
frustration you’re feeling (be it through
upend all our plans and goals for 2020.
hand. According to psychologist, M
of crisis, what makes it most difficult to
Traveled, “once we truly know that life
control over it in the first place. There
and accept it, then life is no longer
necessary changes that need to be
Find ways to process the pain and
because we don’t like what’s happened.
a therapist, coach or family member)
Our feelings of being out of control
emotions are trying to tell you, you will
create an internal resistance that
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because if you ignore what your
not be able to take positive action.