Worried about the economy? Don't be. The economy will be fine. The economy will recover quickly. But for many, their own personal money situation is of big concern. Instead of looking at how grim the future may be, look at what you want to change.

Did you like the job you were in? Did you want to do something else? Was your life going in the direction you wanted?

Now is a great time to look at finding a new job. When your employer, may or may not, call you back to work, wouldn't it be great to say you will not be returning? Or would you want to negotiate a better position in the company?

Do you have college or online learning going on? Now would be a good time to make the most of improvements to your resume and skill sets. Job fairs are not what they used to be. I remember when you would go an bring a stack of resumes to hand out to the various employers. But slowly, and more now than ever, employers at the job fairs would hand you a card and tell you to go to their website to apply for a job. They stopped taking resumes. This is why I don't bring resumes to job fairs. If an employer is hiring, then it is up to you to go to their website and apply.

Most open positions for a company are not even made public. Just look for the company on the internet and when you find it, find the career link.

Another benefit of having all this time is to look at your finances. Look at how they are structured. See where your savings are at. Consider investments now. Now is a great time to buy stocks. They are lower in price, and may get lower. But when the economy gets going again, those stocks will eventually rise to, near, or even past their previous high. 

Things are not as bleak as the news media make it seam. Remember the news media need to make this sound as bad as possible. They have a saying 'if it bleeds it leads.' In other words 'bad news sells.' This is how they make their ratings and their money.

Most people are recovering. The death rate is lower than that of the flu. There are treatment drugs being used very effectively showing a five day recovery. Those who have already overcome the infection are not going to get infected again. They can certainly go out.