How to Keep Mental Health and Entrepreneurial Drive in the Time of Pandemic
Remember when you were a schoolchild wishing every day that some miracle would happen and you would not need to go to school? In warmer places, a simple snowfall would have been enough. I grew up in the North of Russia where that miracle was called quarantine. In the wintertime, if three students from the same class got flu, everyone in that class could stay home for a week. If more than three classes at the school were at home, the school would get closed, too. For me, it meant two or three weeks of unplanned vacation!
Back then I could not have imagined that 20 years later the whole world would be on quarantine and it would not be fun at all.
Even in late-joining countries, such as the Netherlands where I live now, it has already been going for over a month. That means 40 days of being at home, in the same environment with the same people. Under normal circumstances when it’s business as usual, it can be a bit much. What is there to say about a situation like this when the pandemic keeps spreading across the world. Besides, after 40 days of quarantine, you really start questioning the choice of neighbours.
But now it is more important than ever to “keep calm and carry on.”
The question for many businesses is how to carry on? If the meetings are prohibited, clients are cancelling, travelling is not possible, the economy is entering a new recession, and, unfortunately, there is no end at sight. According to the report of the United Nations about the impact of COVID-19, self-employed people and SMEs are taking a hard hit and require a lot of support from the governments.
Beginning last year, my friend and I co-founded a think tank for sustainable development. For 2020, we had massive plans: ready to change the world and really counting on business successes it might bring. I’m sure that many of you reading this found yourself in a similar situation. But what do we do now?
In reality, we don’t know how long this will go on for or what to do about it. But one thing for sure, it is vital to keep positive and mentally healthy. Here are a few things that you can try.
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