I have many friends in Russia who are used to traveling around the world several times a year. Some have children studying or working abroad, some have real estate that requires attention, and others simply perceive such trips as a way to relax and reboot. And then a quarantine story happened, which categorically limited these and some other freedoms... It is not over yet, and there are already so many conflicting ideas about what the world will be like when it all ends, and what adjustments should be made to your life strategy based on this new experience. This is precisely what I would like to pay attention to today, because both our ideas about the future and many significant actions in the material world largely depend on our ability to adapt to changes in the external environment. The last decades of changes in the world have shown everyone how fragile and Many of the existing stereotypes are not obvious. The most important of them is the idea that every year a person’s security and the stability of his position are steadily growing. Agree, many of us thought that the evolution of human development and progress was making our lives more and more comfortable, that we had more and more opportunities to be healthy, full of emotions and impressions, to live in peace and without worries. And also with a higher level of predictability and safety, which global companies around the world are working tirelessly on. Your computer is protected by an anti-virus program, your property and health are insured, your vacation ticket was purchased from a trusted company with the possibility of a refund. But it is impossible to insure your psyche against those unpleasant surprises that sometimes happen. Elementary impoliteness of a hotel employee where you arrive tired from the road can ruin your vacation. And the closed doors of a familiar restaurant where your favorite steak was served is a sign of a pleasant time lost forever... Let alone such global things as a pandemic that has changed the lives and worldview of hundreds of millions of people. And even if you are far from the tourism business or air travel, even if you have not been affected by the waves of coronavirus and job cuts, the background anxiety in your soul grows naturally. And it is, in fact, like the carrier frequency of our mood: with its growth, minor negative mood swings are perceived as a serious problem, and small joys are not noticed by us at all. The world around us becomes a source of fear and tension, we want to close ourselves off from it, and before we leave the house, we first look out the window with caution. And it is the lost little joys that I would consider a marker of understanding my current anxiety. If earlier, when going out into the street, you were happy with the surrounding picture, but today it seems dull to you, if friendly neighbors in the traffic flow used to let you pass with pleasure, but now they suddenly began to interfere with your route through one of them - it is about increasing the level of your own anxiety that you need to think about. And as soon as you don’t pay attention to this for two or three weeks, the likelihood of depressive conditions increases sharply, when you can’t do without the therapeutic help of a psychologist or even medication support. We live in an era of change, long-term planning at such moments is another reason to be deceived in your own expectations and be disappointed in yourself and your self-esteem. Therefore, the best strategy in the current situation is to try to accept the unpredictability and insecurity of the modern world as a new paradigm, making a significant reservation based on the specifics of your life history and personality characteristics. I offer options for discussion: the world is unpredictable and unsafe, but I always have a choice; peace unpredictable and unsafe, but I can withstand any blows of fate; the world is unpredictable and unsafe, but I have enough resources to accept any situation; the world is unpredictable and unsafe, but I am emotionally stable and?