It’s not just you — work psychologist confirms COVID-19 made jobs suckier
Work during COVID has become much harder.
Silver lining?
But there may also be a silver lining to this strange year. What 2020 has shown us is that people have shown incredible resilience and talent and creativity to adapt and navigate dramatic changes at work and in life. Despite a changed social reality, travel bans and everything else, many people have found a way to still run their businesses, to socially interact with work colleagues, to structure their days and manage their workloads. Looking back and reflecting on the accomplishments this year should give us some confidence and belief in our own abilities to manage challenges.
And while our individual journeys through this pandemic have been unique, we all have navigated this year together. It will be a memory that we share, together. So who knows, perhaps the knowledge that we have suffered through this as a community can bring us closer, and bridge older divides. We might or might not experience such a dramatic change in life and work again during our lifetimes, but if we do, I hope we can look back to 2020 and trust in our experience and skill in dealing with the unforeseen.
This article byEva Selenko, a Senior Lecturer in Work Psychology atLoughborough University,has been republished fromThe Conversationunder a Creative Commons license. Read theoriginal article.
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