Still feeling fine as I have plenty of stuff to do. Days fly by with so many meetings and employees that need help one way or another.
I'm coaching and motivating both clients and employees to stay active and not give up. April was probably the worst month in terms of revenue because of COVID-19 delays but I've managed to straighten out nearly everything for the coming months.
Although we have some reserves the relief fund from our government which covers workers salaries up to 90% works pretty well and should allow us to keep everyone employed.
On the personal side I'm mostly worried about my mom who was already in a bad place before this all happened for the past 5 years or so attempting multiple suicides.
Without her support group she's sliding back into her old habits of staying in bed all day. Which just fuels her depression.
Because she stays in bed her IBS plays up so she stays in bed longer and longer.
My dad doesn't really accept that she has a depression or mental problems, he's always convinced there's a medical condition.
At the same time when it comes down to it he's the exact opposite of the motivational drill sergeant type you need to help someone fight a depression.
At the same time I'm seeing people starting to realize how it impacts things they hadn't thought about. Most thought we would stay indoors for 2 weeks and that would be it.
Now that signals are there that you shouldn't make summer vacation plans people are slowly but surely starting to realize the wider impact.
Like one of my business partners who is fully convinced that the lockdown ends mid May or a co-worker that thought she could ride horses in France this summer.
I've pretty much accepted that this'll last throughout 2020. And if we're lucky either everything has been restructured by Spring 2021 to accommodate for social distancing and PPE's or that's when we will be able to go 'back to normal'.
People forget that after this onslaught or wave or what have you, the healthcare system and workers first need to recover before we can open up.
Starting to see more and more people in my personal and work life break down (family and friends), and even I'm starting to go a little stir crazy. I thought I'd be able to weather this no problem since I spent a few months isolated once before but there's just way more variables and responsibility this time. Even after this one is over, I'm going to dread that second wave lockdown.
I think it's true in Western Europe as well. I don't think there will be a second general lockdown as stringent as this, the public will -rightfully- ask that every mitigation and management measure be put in play before consenting to being holed in their homes with no physical social interaction.
I'm thinking more countries will adapt the 'intelligent lockdown' we have in the Netherlands.
Which keeps certain things 'open' but reduces a lot of public transport, public gatherings etc. . Perhaps even more targetted now that we have enough data to figure out which measures had the biggest impact.
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