'I feel like everything I worked for is no longer applicable and I have a clean slate that I wouldn’t wish on anyone”
Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images This week, as New York City cancelled all public events in June, the uncertainty of what the months ahead will look like became even clearer. In the seventh installment of our weekly poll about how the coronavirus pandemic is changing the lives of New York readers, we asked how the current turmoil has affected their ability to make plans for the future – if they’re able to make plans at all. Here’s how 743 of them responded.
“I met up with a long-lost love after 40 years of separation and we planned to marry. We are now both in confinement, 1400 km apart, with questionable prospects in sight. It would be so sad not to see our dreams come true.” “We were supposed to get married next year. Our plans for that are suddenly postponed. Someone in my family passed away not related to coronavirus, but funeral plans and the grieving process have been extremely difficult. Wanting to be with my family during this but [being] unable to is unbearable. I’m at a point where I have no idea how to responsibly plan for the future.”
“I’m an American expat who, after receiving a 40% pay cut six weeks ago, was then laid off four weeks ago. Looking for a new job in Dubai, a place that is in total lockdown is very tough — I’m coming up with almost nothing. The thought of having to return to the U.S.A.
“The pandemic has made it almost impossible to gauge what the next step in my career should be. With Trump locking down immigration even further, it’s going to make my life that much harder, especially if a full-time job actually opens up. I’m constantly afraid, frequently anxious, and my productivity is almost nothing, especially after a long day of crisis schooling kids. Maybe the world will be better on the other side, but I don’t think it will be.
“We are supposed to move from our rural small town to NYC this summer for my husband’s work. We still don’t know what we will decide to do, but have listed our house for rent and we are INUNDATED with emails from New Yorkers who want to rent it to escape the pandemic. So moving in the reverse direction, toward the epicenter seems … kind of crazy? But we may not have a choice.”
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