LOCKDOWN: What Next?
The uncertainty and anxiety grows with each passing day, looming like dark clouds before a heavy thunderstorm. The stories are unending, both fake and factual, cynical at times, at best comical, though quite irritating in a period when no one knows what lies ahead!
Companies have laid off their staff, cut back on wages, sent staff on unpaid leave, some have closed business; all of a sudden no paycheck at month end for some of the employees. Your employer has not communicated your fate; but it is evident, that it is just a matter of time before you face the axe.
Rent payment is due in a couple of weeks, your domestic supplies are running out; it’s a full house with all the family at home, children are homeschooling and this requires internet data which is an expense that was never budgeted for, but essential so as to keep the teenagers under control.
With the current COVID situation, full of uncertainties, it is evident that we have to adjust to the new normal; whether it’s a career change, adding a new skill, lifestyle change; we have to make life changing decisions that will have an impact on us and our families.
