The gift of being unsure of what to do
In times of flux, embracing uncertainty and ambiguity sharpens your thinking.
By Maggie JacksonUpdated January 17, 2021, 3:00 a.m.
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It already had been an unsettling year for Lexi Walker when the pandemic broke. A creature of routine â âIf I donât have certainty, Iâm going to freak out,â she says â she had, nonetheless, in mid-2019 traded in a law career in Virginia for a new job as a fiduciary, or court-appointed assets manager, in her hometown of Taylors, S.C. Then her father passed away, and no sooner had she buried him than pandemic life became a constant series of âWhatâs next?â âThereâs so much uncertainty now, and thereâs no escaping it,â she says. âYour life could change fundamentally tomorrow â you have no idea. Itâs easy to get caught up in it.â