The knee-jerk impulse
when we lose something
-our businesses,
our jobs,
our relationships,
etc.
is to try to replace it
with the exact same
thing.
We lost our jobs
as accountants.
We start searching
the same day
for another accountant job.
Our restaurant
closed down permanently
due to the Great Pause.
We start planning
to open a new restaurant.
This isn’t a bad response
IF we truly want
a replacement
to what we had.
We have experience
in the niche.
We likely have connections.
It might be quicker
to start over
at the same thing.
Might be.
Because
if we lost our jobs
in our niche,
other people likely
lost their jobs
in that same niche.
If our businesses closed,
the same factors might exist
(in this case,
people not wanting
to sit in restaurants)
and those factors
will increase the risks
of our next business closing.
This, also, might be
the perfect time
to make a change,
to retrain and apply
for a job
we’ve always wanted
to try,
to open a business
that is different
from our previous business.
Do you want to make
a change
yet don’t have any ideas?
Look at what you have
-your experience,
knowledge,
connections,
physical assets.
Think wild.
List everything
you could possibly do,
however unusual.
Something might spark.
Starting over
can be a great time
to make a change.