9/11 hit when I had already made some big changes. I had moved to El Cerrito, CA and left my job. I was volunteering at a radio station and was finishing up my on air shift when the first plane hit. I went home, slept and read amazing 9/12/2001 newspapers the next day. If you read the thick major newspapers that day, you learned. Everything was right there and the puzzle of the upcoming years was in print awaiting deciphering.
Print newspapers are gone. It almost feels like reflective thought is gone. But, now is a time in your life when your routines have been shaken. Though you are busy, you are finding spare moments to wonder. Wondering is a dangerous thing. First, you wonder. Then you quit your chemical engineering job and move to El Cerrito. Then, you are volunteering at a community radio station and leading a completely different life.
You say this does not apply to you. It may not. But, consider this. Even if you stay the same, your world may change. Who knows how your career may be different now that everyone is figuring out work from home? What about small businesses, will they survive? Unemployment is hitting records. You can stay exactly the same, but your world may be different.
What is most important to you? This is where your focus has to be. You may be focused on money because it is in short supply. Perhaps you have focused on money enough for one life and have the luxury to consider other priorities.
Think hard. Life moves fast. But, in a situation if stress is high, the advice is to wait one year before making major changes.
This is the time to consider what makes you you.
