I have been self-employed for 15 years. For 15 years, no one has given me guarantees that there will be work, there will be clients, no one is going to pay me vacation pay and sick leave. Every day I encounter uncertainty. In fact, such uncertainty is much more certain than a stable job and salary. Because there is always uncertainty, and stability is always a temporary phenomenon. It’s difficult to express, but I think you understand. For example, for 10 years I ran a private kindergarten, which provided a stable income. There were always a lot of children, the parents were happy, the children loved me. And suddenly - once! The children stopped coming! Many public kindergartens were opened, and other private kindergartens sharply reduced prices. I had to adapt - open an after-school program, which turned out to be in demand. Literally, I was walking down the street in sadness that there were no clients, the garden was causing losses, and suddenly - AN IDEA! Extension! Due to the situation in the world, I don’t know what will happen in a week. My whole business is about communicating with people. And my brain simply cannot calm down - I have a dozen ideas in my head about what can be done, how to repurpose the activity so that it is useful to people in the current situation. From car nanny, private boarding school to volunteering in hospitals... I am sure that adaptability is a useful skill. Now you have a real chance to see this in life. This is why it is harmful to raise children in conditions of constant comfort. Their adaptability becomes zero. But life now is basically comfortable. For my children, I create special conditions of discomfort and unpredictability - we go on mountain hikes. You climb the pass and don’t know whether it will snow or be hot. You're ready for anything. On a hike, the importance of supporting each other becomes clear. Sometimes your comrades help you out, sometimes you are ready to come to the rescue. You need to be sensitive to changes and make decisions quickly. One day we came to the pass, it was beautiful, the sun was shining, we were going to move on, but the instructor saw the approaching clouds and told everyone to hide under the stone awnings. Lightning struck a mountain about 20 meters from us. There was a terrible roar, dust and stones were flying from the rock nearby. The theory of the unpredictability of life is well described in Taleb’s books.