Navigating Guilt & Prioritizing Self-Care During A Lockdown

In the current economic landscape, understanding one’s privilege is becoming a bigger responsibility. As companies shut down and workers are retrenched, we’re left with family and friends who are one paycheck away from falling into poverty.

Most of us are always at the ready to help those in need, but guilt can turn out to be a heavier burden to carry when we come to realize the number of people we’re unable to reach during the pandemic. How do we stop thinking of how much more we could have done, and how do we keep our mental health from plummeting under all this pressure?