Steemit Philippines - Steemit Engagement Challenge Season 8 (Week 3) || “Silver Lining"

I agree that this contest talks about a serious topic, and I can relate to it very well. As a former marketing professional who lost his well paying job suddenly for no fault of his own, it was not so easy to cope with. Fortunately, I faced no financial problems, but the mental agony was beyond my toleration level, so I was disappointed to the point of crashing my head against the nearest wall.

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𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙫𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣? 𝘿𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮?

Just as every moment of life teaches us something, this Corona period has also taught us something. Perhaps some humans have understood the agony of being held captive. But we all knew that this difficult time will pass, but the only question that haunted us was how long will it take. This is what we have expressed. Precautions were taken during the lock down, and yoga was adopted so our immunity would increase and help us overcome the epidemic.

But this pandemic brought immense pressure on the global economy. We saw a serious recession, and economic activity came to a standstill. The economics of liquidation were very simple. All businesses had stopped bringing in profits, so many businesses laid off their employees, and I was one of them. And they were right in that if they don't produce, they won't be able to sell things. This means that they will not make a profit, so they will have less scope to hire you.

The worst thing that could have happened to me was losing my job and being forced to return to India. I had a good job as the country head of an equipment manufacturing multinational in the milk industry. Businesses can and do retain workers they do not need immediately. But I knew they would need me in the coming time. And not only me, but they will need all their workers to meet the demand that will arise in the event that the economy comes back to life again.

𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 "𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜" 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩 𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨?

I will be back at my job within the next few months, but I lost over two years sitting at home. The good thing is that I found Steemit in the meantime and forgot some of my pain, although money was not a problem for me. That was no lesser a silver lining in my life.

When a general crisis comes, it is easy to solve. but governments spend a lot of money. Governments spend money until people start consuming and working. But, for the time being, a simple intervention will not work because we do not want the economy to crash. The whole purpose of the lock down was that people should not go to work and spread the virus.

It was not a cash economy in which production is done on a large scale. Rather, we needed an anti-war like economy and massive cuts in production. If we wanted to have the strength to survive future pandemics, we needed to create a system that was capable of reducing production in a way that did not affect people's livelihoods. And I am grateful to our government for handling everything so well. I can see our government providing free grains to 800 million people and still doing so until next year, even if most of them have returned to work. That was a silver lining for hundreds of millions that were on the verge of starving.

Would you believe it? I have been trying to work on a staycation ever since the pandemic restricted us from going out for our regular travel experiences. I have met some wonderful people with some wonderful ideas about staycations. They all have something different but are as interesting as each other. So this was an oportunity or what you call a silver lining in the life of people that were dying to go out.

For instance, one of my friends told me that they looked no further than their own property to enjoy their staycation. They have a large backyard with a fire pit, a hammock, and warm mood lighting throughout, so they made it their go-to place. They put up a number of wind chimes and located them in such a way that one would hear different tones from different parts of their property. It's like a sound garden, a very unique idea that is so serene.

Creating an enticing outdoor living space, complete with furniture, all-weather flooring, a fire feature, and a barbecue, can help motivate everyone to escape the boredom of indoors, and that's what they did. Or maybe they transformed their backyard into a campsite by setting up a tent and sleeping outdoors for the night!

So whenever we got a chance, we never forgot to sit around the fire and sing songs while enjoying roasted veggies, potatoes, and whatnot together.

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧 2023? 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧?

My plans are simple: I will return to my job in about two months and continue working, but this time I will bring Steemit with me. I will add a few more industries in Australia and New Zealand to my customers' list and also update my profile on LinkedIn so that, in any future crisis, I could get a job easily.

I have a few plans about Steemit as well, as I have just completed my first dolphin status, but I have an ambitious plan to reach 4x dolphin status by the end of the year 2023.

I've just started my own community called SteemFiction, and I'm hoping to take it to the next level by adding creative writers in fiction and creative writing. And my last plan is to not withdraw a single steem from this website, not until the end of this year, as I have done so far.

  
I have another plan and that is more than my plan, my passion. I will continue traveling in different countries like I was doing before this dreaded disease took over. I have certain plans in my mind and that includes doing a book on travel. I will take the opportunity of completing it as soon as I resume my work.

Any one willing to join this contest join HERE

Thanks @josevas217 for inviting me, I am in turn inviting- @frafiomatale, @nadiaturrina and @nahela
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