Feeling stagnant
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As the world has come to a standstill, it feels like my ambitions and goals have as well. This has left me feeling a bit stagnant. Things don’t always pan out as planned. They change. You get disappointed, let down, excited and your path and direction can change in an instant. The coronavirus pandemic has certainly been a topsy turvy, up and down ride.
With everything that has been changing feelings of being stagnant come at no surprise. I am constantly questioning what I’m doing, whether I’m in the right degree, what my options are and how have I progressed?
One of the best things I am finding to overcome these feelings is making things to look forward to. I am frantically trying to form a club and send emails and trying to apply for volunteer positions here and there. I’m still waiting for something to pay off, but the waiting keeps me looking forward to receiving news and keeping busy. It gives me purpose in a small-scale kind of way.
People are losing networks, employment and generally just finding times more difficult than the normal we once knew. Stagnancy for me is something that seems to play on my mind and bog me down, the notion that I’m in a bit of a rut. However inevitable feeling stagnant is, I’m going to continue trying to find little tasks throughout the to keep me moving ahead, or at least feel like I am.