1.0Simplifyhttps://forwardforty.com/simplifyJudette Cowardhttps://forwardforty.com/simplify/author/judette-coward/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="1t8ZmRTufu"><a href="https://forwardforty.com/simplify/this-is-my-work-2/">Pandemic Bankruptcy</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://forwardforty.com/simplify/this-is-my-work-2/embed/#?secret=1t8ZmRTufu" width="600" height="338" title="“Pandemic Bankruptcy” — Simplify" data-secret="1t8ZmRTufu" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://forwardforty.com/simplify/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> At the height of the pandemic, when it seemed as if –( everyone you knew, knew someone who had died/ life would never be the same / we were in some kind of masked up chokehold) I took some time to do a full inventory on my business When life put your business in a blender and shakes it up like that, you need to ( reflect/ take stock of its impact/ come to terms with the changes). It is really the only way forward. For the first time in years, I had to analyze what I wanted my business to (become, look like in a digital age, evolve into in the future) Many times I was worried and felt helpless. It felt like wiping the slate clean even when I wasn’t. Baptism by near bankruptcy. I suppose. But as things have settled and new norms seem be hanging round for a while, I figure we don’t have to wait for a life-altering event to reconfigure what we want our lives and our business to look like. Inventory shouldn't just happen in a crisis. I’ve got the pandemic to thank for that. Don’t wait for the shake-up to shake things up. Change can happen on a normal Tuesday. 🤘🏼❤️https://forwardforty.com/simplify/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/footerline-2.jpg