Glowing Up For the Post-Covid Era

Glowing Up is a mental, physical, and emotional transformation for the better.
Glow Ups can be natural, planned, gradual, permanent, fast or temporary.
—Urban Dictionary

It’s Time to Glow Up

The world is beginning to emerge from lockdown. Peek your head out and take a look. The world you left a year ago has transformed and the world of the future has yet to be. Even in this in-between state, you can create momentum by thinking about your future. The post-Covid era is coming and will offer you all kinds of challenges and opportunities. Why not be ready for it?

Covid brought change rapidly and involuntarily. The world was in it in a matter of weeks. This caused fear, tragedy, confusion, uncertainty, mourning, opportunity and growth. The change was followed by over a year of adaptation.

Now, all kinds of things are happening. People are acknowledging the change that has occurred in the past year. They are developing products, approaches, plans and strategies for the post-Covid era. Opportunities abound.

As you start to emerge from the intensity of this time, you have a huge opportunity to create the life you want to live. Don’t let it pass you by.

Who Do You Want To Be?

Start now to answer this question. Give yourself the freedom to answer without restriction. That way, you get to know your dreams instead of cutting them off before you start. Practicalities can come later.

Look at your life as it was pre-Covid and during Covid. What remains? What has changed? What is lost? Start looking at the mix of all this. How does it feel to you?

Is your life where you want it to be?
Where are you working?
Who is in your life?
How are your surroundings?
Where do you want to go that you could not go before?
What will you do about the aspects of your life that are lost?
Can you bring them back or are they gone for good?

Create a vision of where you want to bring yourself. Make it glow. Perhaps do a vision board (a pictorial representation of what you want in your life). Paint your life in bright colors. Do some writing about the life you want to be living. If you are inclined, find a group that can support each other in re-imagining life after Covid. Ground your vision in the reality of today, but don’t accept false limits. Make it real and something that lights you up.

What Needs Some Glowing Up?

It is fun to glow up. What have you decided needs some glowing up in your life? For each item in need of some more glow, think expansively and find your tools. If you want to work remotely, start exploring what opportunities are out there. If you want more fun in your life, create it — commit to having fun every single day!

For some aspects of your life, you may need to go beyond glowing up to creating something entirely new. Start bright. You have a blank page to create whatever you want. You are the entrepreneur of your own life. Plan, structure, build excitement and create a life that fulfills you. There is no better time than now.

Make It Happen

Within the excitement of glowing up there are everyday practicalities. Things won’t happen without your focus, effort and commitment. If you like, create a contract with yourself that expresses your commitment to glowing up for the post-Covid era.

This is new territory. Transformation like this is not a frequent occurrence. It asks more from you. Make a plan and set some deadlines to keep yourself in motion.

It is not only individuals who are transforming — our world is. Your unique voice, talents and skills are needed as the world transforms. To achieve this and be part of the world’s transformation you need to be part of today, not yesterday.

I can’t wait to see how you are glowing up. I know you can shine brightly!