So here's a test for me, and of all the work I've been doing:
There's been some building damage to another of the places I work (this one is my main freelance income over the year). So a few of my jobs there have fallen through there, and there is doubt over when/if it will reopen.
And I found out this morning that one of my promised freelance jobs has fallen through right at the very last minute (was due to start the day after tomorrow). It's leaving me with quite a big hole in my finances.
I'm trying not to let myself be overwhelmed with worry and panic.
In my previous life I would have been catastrophising big time by now.
I started feeling myself going down that path after I got the news about the second one this morning. And I could see the path ahead of me, and the possibilities and options open to me by going down that path.
Instead, I updated my LinkedIn profile and did some yoga (YouTube video, Yoga with Adriene. Am I allowed to say that?).
And tomorrow I'll send a couple of emails, update my CV and start emailing it out and uploading it to a few places I was thinking of. And do some more yoga.
Wednesday I'll go for another run, a walk and then the gym. Thursday, run, studio and then gym.
And next week I'll start on my accounts (it's my year end).
In the past I would have let this unexpected extra time slide by into nothingness, but I'm determined to use it to my benefit this time.
