Before recent world events changed everything, I was going to write about resilience and my personal experience. I parked it, thinking there wasn’t enough bandwidth.
18 months ago, my world changed. I had a cardiac arrest (no oxygen/blood to my brain and heart for 27 mins). I was put into an induced coma at KCH. I’d never seen an ICU until the recent news, not seen the number of staff required or the 24hr individual care. After 3 weeks, I awoke. I had no recall. No memory of my near-death experience, uncertain about my future.
Working with a coach (prioritising; health, life, work) I got back on track. Now the world has changed, again.
I follow news of the social/economic impact and can sense the overwhelming uncertainty. It’s how I felt when I woke up. It hadn’t been part of my plan.
Resilience (recover quickly from difficulties) is the solution to surviving the virus; not a cure. We’ll all respond differently. But we can identify; our expertise, what we enjoy and what we can control. For me it’s work. It gives me intellectual stimulus, routine and human connection that I thrive on.
Experts will write more about resilience, but if you have been helped by me doing so now, then it was worth posting and not waiting until the world changes again. Which it will.
