There is uncertainty in the air.
Corporates are being cautious and are cutting costs. Start-ups and unicorns are buckling themselves up for a funding winter. Inflation and interest rates continue their climb.
Influencers are painting dooms day scenarios while dispensing daily dose of inspiration around productivity hacks, hustle culture, 10X investments, early retirement, and so on.
In an environment like this, it's easy to feel a bit lost and stressed. You are perhaps peddling harder than ever just to stay in the same place.
Some of the fear is real, you can't wish them away.
Yet, here is some counter-intuitive but time tested advice:
As you wrap up the year, do not let the storm of uncertainty overwhelm you. Proactively plan for some year-end time to disconnect, rest, recharge and rejuvenate. Do something that you truly enjoy, even if it seems like a waste of time.
Someone wise said - "The time that you enjoy wasting is not wasted time"
It's mostly in those wasted moments when you gain clarity and create space for the new in your life.
Good news: social media and it's influencers will still be around when you come back next year - to make you richer, wiser, younger, fitter, ...(fill in your wish here)!
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