People around you most likely do not care about your role, your salary, the amount of money in your bank account, how many square metres your house is, in which neighbourhood you live, the cost of the suit you wear or of the car you drive.
What matters to most, instead, is presence, love, attention, affection, care. All things that are inexpensive and available to everyone. Their value is immense.
This global crisis is taking lives, jobs, safety, certainty, and will continue to do so for months to come. The impact of it is unimaginable to all.
Yet, at some point it will end. And if you are brave enough to distance yourself from it today, you’ll get the chance to be ready for when that will happen.
Remember that your wins, your successes, your accomplishments are always built on the effort of others. Those who have covered for you, who have supported you, who have motivated you, who have done what you didn’t want to do, who have kicked you when you needed a kick and hugged you when you needed a hug.
Do you know who they are?
And most importantly, are they the first you think of after you have achieved what you wanted?
This is an historical period that is completely out of the ordinary.
Exceptions are made, circumstances are raised, needs are shaped. Yet, we should be careful using all of this as an excuse to deviate from our path.
In most cases, we can still continue pursuing what we were pursuing before. The values, beliefs, rules we have set at the indivual level do not necessarily have to be questioned.
Unless of course those were just a convenient facade.
A good way to understand this is by counting how many times we say “considering the current circumstances” to excuse ourselves for what we are about to say and do. It could be telling.
Now is an excellent moment to start that blog you always wanted to start, to write that book you always wanted to write, to launch that podcast you always wanted to launch, to become the video maker you always wanted to be.
There’s hardship around us, and it takes courage to think forward.
If you can do that, if you can unplug from the constant flow of information, if you can carve a safe space in your day to do the work, if you can be humble enough to reach out to the people you need and ask for help, you will be rewarded.
Great content was important yesterday, is important today, will be important tomorrow.
Go create it.
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