What the “New Normal” Will Look Like

This is a time of transformation.   Not only have we been forced to physically stay in place, but also to have our regular activities, and our lives change.  

For some of us this means more time with ourselves.  For some of us it is less time with ourselves, as we have kids back home or new problems to solve.  For some of us there are questions rattling around in our minds, as we want to determine and decipher what our future will look like.  

What will the future look like? People are talking about the safer-at-home restrictions lessening and the economy “getting back to normal” while still holding the uncertainty of what the new normal will look like.  

Because of all that has happened, there is negativity around us and people are hurting in different ways.  This hurt brings grief and with that, a grieving process.   Some are grieving the loss of someone they loved, some are grieving the loss of a job, some are grieving choices that needed to be made that affect others and some are grieving the loss of their life as they knew it.  Taking time to recognize this grief is important because when all that fades away, new possibilities emerge. 

Change can bring about other awakenings in ourselves, if we are open to that possibility.  

What will we keep with us that are important lessons from this time? I am not talking about the “academic” questions, like how your office job will be different, or how to stop the spread of germs, or new tasks that need to be accomplished.  I am referring to the more important lessons of what we have learned about ourselves.  What we have learned that is inside of us? 

I can’t help but wonder if this was an opportunity to shake us out of our regular patterns in which we had fallen.  Patterns make us feel secure.  Patterns make it easy to continue each day in the same way and can hinder us from looking at who we are internally and asking questions that bring us to what really matters most.  

In what ways did this change reveal something to you about yourself that needed waking up? What positives will you take from this experience that you want to remember moving forward?  What changes do you know you have yet to make about who you are and what you are bringing to this world?  In what ways would you like to share your gifts differently?

I have already heard from some of you about ways you are shifting.  If there are others of you feeling a transformation, I would be honored to be part of this process.  I am offering three hours of coaching at no charge to a limited number of people, and I still have a few spots left.  There is no catch.  Just reach out to me at Kate@k8co.com.

We all are unsure of what the new normal is going to look like.  The one thing you have control over is exploring what this means specifically for you.