this column. I try to stay upbeat in life. I find (where possible) when you’re going through a crisis a positive attitude helps.
Still as optimistic as I am, and honest as I try to be here, there are things I’m struggling with that I also struggle to write about.When I started this column – having left my fiancé, lost my job and left London on a journey that took me to Land’s End – I felt I was hurtling through a midlife crisis unique to me.
But as the pandemic has unfolded and I’ve written here about my journey – and read what you’ve written back to me – I’ve come to understand how many other people are enduring similar experiences.I have lost count of the friends who lost their jobs during the pandemic.
Recent reports into the impact of Covid-19 on the labour market show there are still half a million fewer people in work now than when lockdown began.