sắp đến kỳ nghỉ lễ rồi, vẫn chưa có kế hoạch thăm
gia đình hay tổ chức tiệc,
việc gì cũng ngại, sợ “vỡ kế hoạch” vì dịch
bệnh,
-> nên lập kế hoạch có tính đến tình huống dự
phòng, ví dụ tiệc ngoài trời, nếu trời xấu hoặc mọi người ko khỏe
thì có thể tặng đồ ăn cho những ‘người khốn khó’; như vậy dù ko có
bữa tiệc mong muốn cho năm này, thì nói chung mọi người vẫn thấy ok
vì kế hoạch thay đổi ngay hơn là đối phó với bất định tương
lai,
—–
Dear Dan,
The holidays are right around the corner, but I’ve
been hesitating to make plans to visit family or host a party. The
changing Covid-19 situation means that any plan I make is likely to
change or fall through, and I could end up really disappointed. Am
I right that it’s better to wait and see what happens closer to
Thanksgiving?
—Maggie
It’s perfectly understandable that you’re wary
about making plans. Many of the things we looked forward to in 2020
were disrupted by the pandemic, leaving us with a long list of
disappointments. Nevertheless, making plans is important: It gives
us something to look forward to, which is useful and important in
itself. Instead of doing nothing, then, why don’t you make plans
with built-in contingencies.
For example, you could invite a small group of
guests for an outdoor potluck on Thanksgiving, and say that if the
weather is too cold or people are unwell, you’ll arrange a way to
donate the food to the needy. We might end up not having the
holiday we hoped for this year, but in general people can bounce
back from a change in plans much more easily than we can deal with
uncertainty about the future.
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