NG8 July/August 2020

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thoughts on life in lockdown
by Helen Jones, Solos Consultants
As I write, we are entering the 11th week
of lockdown. The widespread panic has
eased somewhat but there is still huge
uncertainty and anxiety about the future
amongst my own friends and colleagues.
Many of you reading this will be directly affected by the
virus itself or by the threat of job losses and the financial
hardship that may bring. The world economy is forecast
to shrink by 3.2% which is the sharpest contraction since
the Great Depression of the 30s. But if nothing else, hasn’t
this time given us all opportunity to reflect and to evaluate
what’s actually important?
Whilst the furlough scheme has protected a vast majority
of the population from redundancies this won’t continue
indefinitely. In my own immediate family there are some
furloughed and others working full time from home and
the conversations have been interesting. But the common
denominator is anxiety.
so difficult. But I know of people who were literally crawling
the walls at first. Then they learnt to adjust. A new normal.
Speaking to clients who have young children squabbling
in the background has somehow humanised professional
relationships.
And over the past fortnight business confidence has
tentatively started to increase. Our clients are starting to
hire again. Both Public and Private sector. Life will go on.
I sincerely hope that any changes you make or have made
during this period are positive ones which will ultimately
enhance your life experience. I’ll leave you with a quotation
from Kitty O’Meara which a friend shared with me;
“And when the danger passed, and the people joined
together again, they grieved their losses, and made new
choices, and dreamed new images, and created new ways
to live and heal the earth fully, as they had been healed”
I work from home regularly so the transition for me wasn’t
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