Don’t feel like ‘getting things done’? It’s okay not to be productive during a pandemic.
Don’t feel like ‘getting things done’? It’s okay not to be productive during a pandemic.
By Sunny Fitzgerald | April 6, 2020
Because individual circumstances differ and people process difficult experiences in a variety of ways, psychotherapist Dana Dorfman says, “there’s no ‘right way’ [to get through this] other than allowing yourself to be your own way.” You are not obligated to accept every live-stream yoga or virtual happy hour invitation. If you’re carrying any guilt about not producing your best work, writing a screenplay, learning to quilt or putting together a 1,000-piece puzzle, you have permission to let that go. Dorfman says if you “respect the range of coping styles and view people’s behavior as their way to manage their anxiety, you can feel less judgmental” — of yourself and others.
