Do you have the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers song stuck in your head now? You’re welcome. This is so true though isn’t it? When you know what’s happening you can react. You can make plans and changes. When you’re waiting, you’re just…waiting.
This has been the hardest part of 2020 for me. I’m used to making changes and thinking fast. The challenge with COVID-19 though, is that I’m just waiting for more information. I know there are things we can do to protect people and we’re doing them. But I don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, next year. And neither does anyone else! So I plan. And I wait.
I make different plans. What if we stabilize and can return to a little bit of normalcy in a month? How do we get our market share back and keep everyone safe? Which new policies do we keep and which do we scrap? What if we don’t stabilize til mid next year and students don’t go back to school at all? Is there something we can do? A new market to tap into? What if we go back and then we stop again? Is there something I can do to mitigate the struggle we face?
So I plan. And I wait. And then I get new information and I plan again. And I wait. And wait.
Who wants to dance with me while I’m waiting? Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers