Comments on: How To Stay Up When The Chips Are Down (You Know, When The Economy Stinks)

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By: Elizabeth Bacon

Elizabeth Bacon — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:43:32 +0000

Thanks, Russ! These are all very solid pieces of advice. I am running my own business, and got pretty freaked out in mid-September by the world economic meltdown. I’m generally a very optimistic person but found myself dwelling on all sorts of failure scenarios.

For me lately, the biggest thing has been:

STAY POSITIVE

For me, that means things like taking care of contingency plan B and plan C with a smile on my face…singing silly songs with my daughter…reading fewer financial news feeds…watching more comedy, less drama….

Thanks again!

–Liz

By: Russ

Russ — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:44:36 +0000

Kind of interesting–I left off the blog on purpose.

Why?

Because you really should have some degree of a plan for your blog. I started with one, but writing a book threw a giant curve ball at my blog writing availability.

The planning around a blog can be tough, so can keeping frequency, and if you’re going through these tough times, it’s often even more difficult to simply not unload about how you feel–unless, of course, you’re doing any of those other things listed above, in which case, I think I have to agree with you.

Way to make me think about it!

By: Cindy Chastain

Cindy Chastain — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:18:28 +0000

Here are some of additions:

-Get in touch with old friends
-Get that long-stewing blog up and running
-Start a personal art project
-Watch a Busby Berkeley movie now and then

Cheers…