2 Ways The Pandemic Impacted Me Positively

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This may not be a popular opinion, or popular lived-in experience, but when it comes down to it, I can confidently say I’ve gained a lot due to the ongoing global pandemic. Certainly, I would prefer that it didn’t actually happen and that I could travel without worries of an infectious disease, but I feel comfortable knowing that the social and economic implications of the pandemic have allowed me new privileges in my life. Let’s find out how that is.

Money

I was in a fortunate position when the pandemic struck the United States, I had a stable job that for the most part was part of an essential business. While it’s not all that relevant to the actual thought process I worked in the food manufacturing business if you’re actually curious. This meant that I didn’t lose my job during the pandemic, and as a matter of fact there was almost a heightened level of job security. As grocery stores got wiped clean our business went into overdrive. While it didn’t do a lot for my income to increase, it did allow me to save more money during this time period since I ultimately couldn’t do a whole lot during quarantine. Even now, without quarantine I can’t live the life I would have lived otherwise. All this to say, the money that I likely would have spent on travel and other normal expenses was instead diverted towards investing and growing my net worth…