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Mental Health Experts Agree: This is NOT the Right Time to be Making Life-Changing Decisions
While the current pandemic may raise larger, existential questions about life and meaning, mental health professionals recommend holding off on any big moves until things have “cooled down”
Being in isolation for the last several weeks, I’ve had a lot of time with myself to think; you know, to really hone in on all those insecurities, imperfections and shortcomings I’m usually able to sweep under a rug while distracted with the vicissitudes of every day, fast-paced life. In that process, some pretty erratic ideas ranging in extremeness and cringe-worthiness have popped into my brain including, but not limited to: volunteering with the PeaceCorps, enlisting in the military, applying for PhD programs, getting an office job, moving to a different city and DMing my high school boyfriend, who like dozens of others from my personal and professional past, added me on LinkedIn this week. WTF. Literally, ANYTHING, seems like a better alternative to nothing.
Like so many people, my world is a completely unrecognizable version of what it was a month ago; my job, lifestyle, summer plans and living situation were offhand casualties of the pandemic. And…
