I am not a fan of the term “the new normal”, I just struggled with better terminology or a better explanation. Then along comes Seth Godin imparting his wisdom in one of his daily blogs titled A new normal, where he addresses this. In that post he explains:

We’ve got a deep-seated desire for things to go back to normal, the way we were used to.

But this, this moment of ours is now normal.

For now.

And then, there will be another normal.

There is no “the new normal”. Because that’s definitive.

There’s simply the normal of now.

The world is different today than it was 6 months ago. That was also true a year ago, 5 years ago, 50 years ago and 100 years ago. It will also be true a year from now, 5 years from now, etc. We live in a world that is constantly changing, surrounded by people who are constantly changing. Some of those people are growing as part of that change and others are just changing as a natural part of the aging process with little or no personal growth. 

So, as always, it comes down to a choice; how you choose to spend your time in the now normal. You can sit around hoping things will go back to the way they were (which they will not), or you can put in the work to make the most of the world, and your piece of the world, in the normal of now, understanding it will continue to change whether you like it or not. 

What’s Important Now? You can do the Work, or you can Whine, both start with the same letter and both are a choice. Which you choose will determine the direction you move in the now normal of tomorrow and beyond. 

Take care.

Brian Willis

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