In a guest post from The GOOD Fest, Laura Kate Whitney discusses how to navigate through this Great Pause and ways to check in with yourself as you look to the next chapter.

I don’t need to exhaust the many ways our professional lives have been turned upside down. We’re all living this nightmare together. What I do want to share is rather personal. I’ve been thinking quite a lot about what it really means to be busy during this Great Pause. I’ve been utilizing this forced quiet to go inward and evaluate my attachment to busyness. As a business owner, I’ve always led with an informed heart, and the lessons I’ve learned in the first half of this year alone are sure to pave the way for my company’s next chapter.

If this is the only list I keep from the year 2020, so be it.