Stephanie says she lost her job
due to the coronavirus shutdown
and fears she will soon lose her apartment
if she doesn't figure something out.
She also says she's just lost all motivation
to do anything but sleep and eat nonstop.
She says she sleeps and then she eats,
she sleeps and then she eats.
And then she says, "Did I mention that I eat?"
So I think I get the pattern.
You say it's like Groundhog Day, Stephanie, right?
Yes it is, definitely.
The day's the same every single day.
I'm a creative producer for well-known retail brand
and ever since COVID-19 happened, I lost my job
and my world has kind of turned upside down
'cause I've always been a person where
I've been motivated, I've always paid my bills.
I just was always out and about
and due to this quarantine,
I've just been totally uninspired and depressed lately.
Right.
So, tell me this.
You believe that this is going to be over
at some point, right?
Yeah, definitely.
I just don't know when.
When is it gonna be over? Okay
and when it's over, what are you gonna do?
What's next for you?
Do you think you'll be homeless?
Do you think you'll get another job, your old job?
What'll happen?
I mean, it's a lot of things that I'm thinking about.
Once this is over, I don't know how
companies will pick back up.
I don't know if they'll be able to still employ
half of their employees.
I don't know what will happen.
I don't think I'll be homeless,
but I don't know if I'll be able to sustain my rent
in my current apartment.
I just don't know.
I'm very fearful right now.
Yeah, and you've been listening to everything
that I've been talking about so far
with Heather and Amanda, right?
I have been.
And what do you think about what I'm saying to them about
keeping as much of your former life in play during this time
as you possibly can?
Yeah, that's definitely something that I need to do.
But when you have in your head, 'Oh my god.
'Am I gonna be working again?
'When are we gonna be able to get in a house?'
People are passing away around you.
It's just certain things that you start to think about
and it's just like,
'Well why am I gonna do my current routine when
'I'm just thinking about all the negative things
'that's happening right now?'
So it's kinda hard to do.
It is hard and if it was easy, everybody could do it
and here's the thing.
Your normal day right now consists of what?
What happens?
You wake up in the morning and do what?
Well I wake up, I go in the living room,
hop on the couch and watch Netflix.
Okay.
(laughter) And then I'll eat
breakfast, lunch, dinner
and then I'll snack in between.
'Cause prior to this, I've always had
a problem with sweets, like I had a major sweet tooth.
But now, it's getting like really really ridiculous where
I'm eating sweets for breakfast.
Okay, so you get up, eat sweets for breakfast,
get on the couch, watch Netflix
I'm sure until 3:00 or 4:00.
Then you switch over and watch Dr. Phil.
Then you go back and watch Netflix, right?
Yeah, pretty much.
Okay. Now, if this goes on for say another month
and you do what you're doing now for another month,
you're gonna continue to slide down and become
less of the Stephanie you were before this happened, right?
Yeah, definitely.
Okay, now here's what I want you to think about.
If this goes on, let's say it goes on for another month.
That month is gonna go by
whether you're doing something about your current situation
or whether you're not.
The next week's gonna go by, the next two weeks,
three weeks, four weeks is gonna go by
no matter what you're doing.
So you can either spend it sitting on the couch
and eating these
what do you call them?
These green sour powers or whatever
and everything else you can get your hands on
or you can say, "Wait a minute.
"They're gonna turn this world back on here
"in four or five weeks
"and that door is gonna open
"and I'm gonna step out that door.
"How am I going to be prepared compared to everybody else?"
It's kinda like being in a NASCAR race.
When that pace car pulls off the track,
you want to be at full speed.
You don't want to be looking for your keys.
You don't want to be 30 pounds overweight, out of shape,
mind is kinda loose and lazy.
You want to be focused and ready to play.