Compartmentalization and COVID-19
Compartmentalization - "the division of something into sections or categories” In 2014 I lost the business that I had been growing, nurturing, developing, and identifying with for the past 23 years. At the time I was 42. The vast majority of my life had been spent creating an identity that was closely tied to this business. It was older than my children, it was longer lived than my marriage at the time, it was who I was. Then it was gone. It wasn’t gone without a trace however, it was gone like a car crash. There was still a fire to put out, occupants to pull from the wreck, property damage to deal with, and a new car was going to be needed. In 2020 we are all dealing with a car crash. 2020 is not the journey we set out to have this past New Year’s Eve. It is interesting to watch the people and business owners around me deal with the dumpster fire that is 2020 with reactions that mirror so closely the experience that I began to have in 2014. COVID-19 has treated me
