Finding creativity and calm in all this chaos

Navigating a ‘new normal’ over the last few weeks, days and hours has been challenging, unsettling and out right bizarre but its also been eye opening, inspiring and exciting.

Like most businesses and brands across the world, we are having to ‘pivot’ and ‘innovate’ in our thinking, how we find work, how we develop a routine and how we keep our heads up.

In the midst of all this madness, people are slowly discovering a way of being, working and connecting and as the days and weeks pass, perhaps finding some focus?

For me, it always comes back to connection; finding connections through networks and events, keeping connected with friends and family and feeling connected with the work I am choosing to pursue and ways I am keeping busy.

So for anyone in my boat, whether you are looking for work, recently made redundant or furloughed, I hope the below can help you keep your head up, with some of the things I will be aiming to do, read and join this week to find some creativity and calm in all this chaos.

1. Keep connecting - weekly events:

https://the-dots.com/events/surviving-the-crisis-as-a-freelancer-10-opportunities-to-grow-1233?mpuid=92047&utm_campaign=EventAttendeeReminder&utm_source=Backend&utm_medium=email

https://the-dots.com/events/online-how-to-launch-a-successful-side-hustle-1196?mpuid=92047&utm_campaign=EventAttendeeReminder&utm_source=Backend&utm_medium=email

2. Keep hunting - somewhere to find work:

https://www.escapethecity.org

3. Keep curious:

https://www.escapethecity.org/2020/04/09/staying-sane-in-lockdown/

4. Keep learning:

http://www.open.ac.uk/

https://www.futurelearn.com/

5. Keep creative:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/this-is-us-online-life-drawing-tickets-102344220318

6. Keep doing good:

https://www.socialstarters.org/

https://lookaftergroup.co.uk/

7. Keep moving:

https://secondhome.io/wellness-mondays/

8. Keep calm:

https://www.headspace.com/covid-19