Making the Most of COVID

2020 is insane.

This is by far the weirdest time to be alive. There is worldwide pandemic, people are being ordered to stay home by state governments, politicians are fighting the narrative from two different angles because it’s an election year and no one knows which media source to trust. Sprinkle in the first time we’ve had a pandemic with the internet, our ability to communicate (mostly with memes) and you have a recipe for worldwide overreaction.

Unfortunately, we can’t control people overreacting or not taking it seriously enough. The only thing we can control is what we do. We have completely control over our reaction and the truth is it will determine how we come out on the other side of this.

I’ve though about this a lot. If I can only control how I react to this then how do I want look back at this time? Do I want to look at it with regret? Will I look in the mirror and see evidence of someone who survived on a diet of Chik-Fil-A and M&Ms? Will I look at me reading list for the year and see a gap for a few months that I didn’t read books even though I was forced to stay home? What about my goals for starting a blog and YouTube channel? Will I blame anyone and anything else for my shortcomings during this time?

No way.

I’m taking steps during this time. I am doing everything that I can to learn more about myself. I want to figure out what I’m made out of. I want to figure out if I have the grit and drive to push forward.

I want to know that I’m bold enough to follow my dreams and pursue my goals.

I want to know if I have what it takes.

Maybe success isn’t found in skyrocketing your stress levels and denying sleep in order to get things done. Maybe it’s just a matter of making the most of the time you do have. Not just that, but making that time matter consistently.

Here are some of the things I have done over this time. Maybe they can inspire you to take a step to do something new that you’ve always wanted to do.

– I finally have a time where my Bible reading is built in and built to last.

– I read The Energy Bus by Jon Gordon

– I read Death by Meeting by Patrick Lencioni

– I read Show Your Work by Austin Kleon

– I am currently reading The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason and Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World by Michael Hyatt.

– I’m trying to learn how to cook better tasting and healthier meal prep meals. The one’s I’ve attempted to make so far have not been good but I’m determined to get it right!

– My goal right now is to blog every morning. I am currently on a 3-4 day streak. I was initially hesitant because I thought I would run out of things to write about, but luckily that hasn’t happened so far.

– I am committed to starting my YouTube Channel. My account has been made for months and now it’s time to take the step. I have a list of content that I will be working on over the next few weeks.

– I bought Final Cut Pro for my MacBook. Not cheap by any means.

– I subscribed Skill Share to learn about how to edit on Final Cut Pro, how to record video on iPhone and how to cultivate good content for Instagram.

– I am trying Teige Hanley’s face wash line of products. I’ve always wanted to try them, so I figured now is the time.

Take a step to learn and grow during this time. Don’t waste this time because you never know what opportunities will present themselves on the other side of this.