The Impact of COVID

Posted August 17, 2023

It’s three and a half years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and things aren’t quite back to normal.

For most of us, 2020 and 2021 now seem like a weird nightmare. A time where life came to a standstill

I’ve come to think of the last 3.5 years as a collective shake up – a global quake that affected virtually every area of everyone’s life. It may not have caused us to crumble, but it did stop us in our tracks and significantly alter our experience. Consciously or non consciously, it changed structure within our lives & has led us to look at things differently.

Whether COVID-19 actually altered the fabric of our society, or just gave us another view of it, things are different.

In the last few years, we’ve seen people leave their jobs (read: Great Resignation), hunker down (with the continually impending recession), and return to in-person roles after a taste of virtual work.

Though the worst of the pandemic is behind us, it’s effects are present. Businesses are navigating changes in the workforce, leaders are navigating return to work (new social dynamics & employee expectations), and mid career folks are asking themselves, “is this really want I want to do for the next 30 years?”

There isn’t a playbook for any of this. I had a close member of my network say to me recently, “I wish people were more open about how much of a shakeup COVID really was.”

I want to invite you all a moment of reflection. How has COVID changed your experience? What’s different about YOU now versus you 3.5 years ago?

What questions are in the back of your mind that you haven’t addressed?

I hope this message is both validating & if you consider the questions, that it leads to insight. We’re all always changing – some seasons change us more than others.

As a coach, I work with folks to help them shape how they want to show up in their lives and in their work. Given the reality that there isn’t a playbook for how to show up, it’s up to us to develop our own. Taking the time to ask and answer questions like this is important. Working with a coach can help provide the structure & accountability to do so.

Reach out to explore what’s possible!