Practical Advice for Post-Pandemic Times

From Cosmopolitan

Right now, as we type this, it’s not over yet. We’re still social distancing and cutting our own bangs and forgetting what it’s like to order a drink in a bar packed with people. We’re still talking to our plants and forgoing bras and being bombarded with “so-and-so started a live video” notifications on our Instagrams. We’re still allegedly writing the next great American novel but lying on the floor all day instead. Which is all to say, it’s hard to see the end of this.

Of course, we know it will come. Maybe it’s already started to, so we’re going to focus on the next part: picking up the pieces. Especially because in a recent Cosmo survey, 97 percent of you—which we’re just going to go ahead and round up to an even everybody—said that COVID-19 has negatively impacted your life.

We’re here to help you figure out what to do about the job you lost, the relationship that didn’t survive, the financial hit you took, the wedding you canceled, the anxiety you’re fumbling through, and all the other stuff that keeps you up at night. Whenever you're ready, keep reading.

Art by David Stenbeck. Courtesy of Jenn Singer Gallery.

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