{"id":9299,"date":"2021-01-31T16:31:33","date_gmt":"2021-01-31T23:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=9299"},"modified":"2025-12-16T19:39:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T02:39:51","slug":"while-we-wait-for-after-the-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2021\/01\/31\/while-we-wait-for-after-the-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"While We Wait for After the Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Enjoying living while much of our lives are on hold<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This has been a waiting season for all of us. The pandemic has sidelined our dreams and so much of our daily lives. Even spending time with friends and family is so fraught with consequence and concern. Without even a countdown timer to know when all this will end, we wait in a morass of question marks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’ve been through waiting periods before. Every woman who has given birth understand that feeling of waiting: the weighted burden of restricted activities to be followed by new life. There is hope in the waiting; it’s what we cling to. There is also an end in sight, and an end in sight means you can make plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s hard to make plans right now<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It’s hard to make plans when you have no idea what to expect, or when to expect it – and when interacting with others can have such deadly consequences. Making plans means taking control, and that’s hard to do when everything feels so out of control. But that is exactly why we need to make plans right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make plans anyway<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Having a goal and working towards it is one of the most powerful things we can do to help lift ourselves out of the grey. Maybe you can’t throw yourself a massive 50th birthday party and invite 200 of your closest friends, but what can you do? What is something you can plan and work towards? What can you invest your time and energy into that will give you a sense of purpose and forward movement?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Staring out the window, waiting for the pandemic to end is a very slow and lonely way to pass the time. Yes, there are so many things we can’t do right now. But that mindset is the equivalent of staring out the window, waiting. It wont fix anything. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You need a sense of purpose<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you have an idea of the things you want to do post-pandemic, what can you do now to put yourself in the best position to take action when the time is right? If you want to go scuba diving off the coast of Mallorca – what can you do now to get ready? <\/p>\n\n\n\n