Monday, March 16, 2020
Up at 7 a.m. and working from the dining room table at 8:30 a.m. I have my work laptop set up, Jabber, and my Surface pro as a second monitor. It works just fine. Since this is the official first day of everyone in the firm working from home, some folks who haven't set up their home office yet are anxious and frustrated that they're unable to get what they need. I've been on Jabber and WebEx to help walk secretaries and attorneys through small technical procedures. Within a few days, it will be the new normal for the firm. We're lucky that we migrated to a dynamic workforce last year. Other firms are scrambling to get people to work from home, buying laptops and monitors and setup equipment. I'm anticipating work will never be the same again after this is all over.
In the early afternoon, mayors from San Francisco, Oakland, and other Bay Area cities announced Shelter in Place Orders effective tomorrow for the entire Bay Area. Everyone must stay home unless there's a necessary reason to leave (getting groceries, supplies, working as an essential worker, etc.). Eventually, all big areas will shut down.
We stayed home all day, but did go out to the beach for 30 minutes to soak in the sun and enjoy the clear weather. This global pause we're experiencing, which will likely last two or three months, will change us all. We'll adapt because that's what humans do, but for some it will be challenging. The markets will adapt as well, and perhaps we'll adjust more together the good side of human nature, rather than the selfish, greedy impulses of our nature, which always gets more press and attention. Already with the Trump Administration, there's been a forced shift away from the economic crisis in favor of the health crisis we're in. This is a health crisis after all, but with our obsession with the markets and money and business, Trump and his minions have been glued to the falling markets and repercussions of having everything shut down from mid-March through June. There will be a significant financial toll on so many small businesses and large businesses that are heavily leveraged. If credit is available, it will at least be cheap to acquire. I wish I understood more about the fake, illusory monetary system we're under and how the Fed can print print print endless money without facing any consequences. Are we in for a real reckoning soon? The Fed reduces the rates 1 point to close to zero, and the next day the Dow loses 2200 points. Hmm.
Up at 7 a.m. and working from the dining room table at 8:30 a.m. I have my work laptop set up, Jabber, and my Surface pro as a second monitor. It works just fine. Since this is the official first day of everyone in the firm working from home, some folks who haven't set up their home office yet are anxious and frustrated that they're unable to get what they need. I've been on Jabber and WebEx to help walk secretaries and attorneys through small technical procedures. Within a few days, it will be the new normal for the firm. We're lucky that we migrated to a dynamic workforce last year. Other firms are scrambling to get people to work from home, buying laptops and monitors and setup equipment. I'm anticipating work will never be the same again after this is all over.
In the early afternoon, mayors from San Francisco, Oakland, and other Bay Area cities announced Shelter in Place Orders effective tomorrow for the entire Bay Area. Everyone must stay home unless there's a necessary reason to leave (getting groceries, supplies, working as an essential worker, etc.). Eventually, all big areas will shut down.
We stayed home all day, but did go out to the beach for 30 minutes to soak in the sun and enjoy the clear weather. This global pause we're experiencing, which will likely last two or three months, will change us all. We'll adapt because that's what humans do, but for some it will be challenging. The markets will adapt as well, and perhaps we'll adjust more together the good side of human nature, rather than the selfish, greedy impulses of our nature, which always gets more press and attention. Already with the Trump Administration, there's been a forced shift away from the economic crisis in favor of the health crisis we're in. This is a health crisis after all, but with our obsession with the markets and money and business, Trump and his minions have been glued to the falling markets and repercussions of having everything shut down from mid-March through June. There will be a significant financial toll on so many small businesses and large businesses that are heavily leveraged. If credit is available, it will at least be cheap to acquire. I wish I understood more about the fake, illusory monetary system we're under and how the Fed can print print print endless money without facing any consequences. Are we in for a real reckoning soon? The Fed reduces the rates 1 point to close to zero, and the next day the Dow loses 2200 points. Hmm.
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