I came across this at the weekend. It has me wondering how many people really ARE thriving - on all fronts? Professional, personal and everything in between?
I have a feeling that there is another national period of metaphorical 'breath holding' going on. (Covid 2020)
Christmas, the next milestone that we must reach. We will breathe out for a bit and then on again to the next one - the Spring, when perhaps we will begin to be able to sense an 'ending'.
Take a look at the columns, where are you really?
If you are anything other than thriving, what do you need right now? If you are in Surviving, maybe it is to just keep putting one foot in front of the other, breathe a little more easily, acknowledge what is here for you now, go with it, know that it will in time, pass. Maybe there is some small step you can take that will bring a reset?
If you are in Struggling or In Crisis, who can you reach out to? If you are doubting whether you can, the hardest part is honestly, the first part. Just those first words and then it will feel a little easier.
Above all, know that these are all human responses. There are generations of us alive today who have not experienced a background anxiety like this.
Can we draw upon the strength of many of our forebears?
