The lockdown restrictions that many places have seen as a result of the coronavirus pandemic have had an enormous impact on the lives of various people. Since many of the negative impacts include feelings of loneliness, depression and anxiety, it can be difficult to believe that there is any sort of silver lining at all – yet there very well might be one.
This time may well have led you to a large amount of introspection. Introspection about your own life, your career, your ambitions and what you want to do with yourself. While these ideas and thoughts might not be anything new, this time might have motivated you to start thinking more seriously about changing things that you are not happy with.
Take Control of Your Professional Life
When thinking about how you want to make the most of your time, you might have also come to see that you want to do something more fulfilling with your professional life. What this might mean more specifically is that you take matters into your own hand and start your own business. This is something that has never been easier thanks to platforms such as Shopify which can provide you with a means to sell your goods in a manner that is efficient and professional.
If this sounds like a route that you might be interested in taking, you will want to ensure that you do it properly, meaning you want to ensure your debut is as professional as possible. To fully appeal to your potential audiences and clients you, so you might want to enlist the help of a Shopify website developer so that they are welcomed by a sleek and professional image that tells them everything they need to know.
The Nature of Your Social Encounters
Prior to your life being affected by lockdown, you might have found that you fell into a slump of going to work throughout the week, and the oasis in the desert taking the form of a very familiar hangout with your friends on the weekend. While initially this might have felt novel, over time you might have found that the nature of these social encounters has become somewhat stale and being in lockdown might have helped you realize that you want to mix it up. Not just mix it up in the sense of going to a different bar, but in the sense that the entire structure of the social event is changed.
While this might seem like a lot of effort to change something that you already enjoy, consider that you would not have to stop doing what you already do, just perhaps add more variety so that the familiar meetups become part of a wider range of activities. What kind of activities you implement will ultimately depend on what you and your friends enjoy, but a popular idea that might see a lot of enjoyment from your group is a holiday that can take you all somewhere that you have never been before.
Sylvia Browder is CEO of Specialty Home Services LLC, a Home Improvement Company; a Small Business Consultant at Browder Consulting Group, a startup consultancy firm to help women with startup assistance, marketing, website and graphic design work and other support services. In addition, she has co-authored several published books; publisher of ‘Sylvia Browder’s Blog for Women Entrepreneurs’ a lifestyle blog; and publisher of ShopSpendBlack.com Business Directory & Blog platform created to help consumers find black owned businesses in a searchable format. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her husband of 30 years; 5 adult children and 5 grandchildren; church; friends and motorcycle riding.
