How 2020 Helped Me Pivot by Aria Craig
If there is one thing I have learned from 2020, it is how unpredictable the future can be. I also learned how to utilize time as an opportunity to make necessary changes. I did some deep thinking and reassessing, then made a decision to pivot during the pandemic. Last year, I started another 9-5 job. It was a means to an end while I figured out how to reinvest in myself after a painful divorce and reinvent my brand to achieve the success I desire to manifest. But, like many other educated and talented women of color, I reported to a woman who not only was mentally unstable but felt threatened by my credentials and ability to naturally form relationships. Through her insecurities on a platform of systemic racism, she used her position of authority to sabotage my employment for an entire year. I was so stressed that I lost hair, sleep, and weight. I also lost the time and motivation to work on my entrepreneurial endeavors. By the beginning of 2020, I found myself in therapy for work-rela