Arturo y yo hemos pasado por varias crisis en nuestros 40 años como familia. Cuando experimentamos una emergencia, no siempre sabemos qué hacer o en qué dirección ir. Una de las lecciones más grandes que nosotros hemos aprendido es hacer dos cosas cuando surge algo inesperado.
- Survive. I don’t know about you, but when I experience a crisis, I immediately want to go back to my routine. To what’s familiar. That is a natural reaction. However, we have found that it is more helpful to stop what we are doing and evaluate what in our routine has to absolutely be done to survive. Eliminating the non-urgent gives us space and time to focus on the crisis at hand. Take a financial crisis, for example. When income is halted, it’s time to freeze all non-essential spending. Focus on getting the urgent paid. Food, mortgage, gas and utilities are usually the most important in every household. Only those things needed to survive should be paid. Cancel everything else.
- Stabilize. Once we are in survival mode, we can evaluate our options so that we can stabilize our situation. Once your survival needs are met, you can think more clearly about what your options are. In the example above, do you need to look for another job? Do you need a temporary second job? What are your options, who can help you and how much time do you have?
Las crisis nos llegan a todos. Fingir que podemos simplemente seguir adelante sin reconocerlas, sólo nos deja expuestos a una crisis más profunda. Sobrevivir y estabilizar nos ayudará a superarlas de manera más efectiva.