Quarantine: One Year Later

A year ago yesterday, the day LA’s stay-at-home order started, I flew from LA to Philly.

I was planning to stay just for a couple of weeks. I still hoped there might be a chance I would get to spend Passover with my parents. We knew so little then. Everything was uncertain.

What was supposed to be a couple weeks turned into over 3 months living at my brother’s house, helping my niece and nephews with zoom school, trying to help my brother and sis-in-law maintain some sanity, all while I was worrying about what was becoming of my life and career.

Prior to the shutdown, I was weighing a couple job opportunities at music companies - continuing my long career in artist management and marketing, working with mission-driven artists and people.

As the world shut down, the music industry was thrown into uncertainty and every job opportunity I had disappeared. Every freelance client I had was gone.

All I could think was “WTF?!”

I was grateful to be with family and not on my own in LA without any human contact, but I felt like I was living in a state of limbo- my life was on hold.

Fast forward exactly one year and I’m back on a plane to Philly to spend Passover at my brother’s house. This time, with my parents.

The fear I had a year ago has all but disappeared. While uncertainty is always part of life, I’ve never felt more certain and more aligned with where I am now.

A year ago that I would never believe that I would leave artist management and be a life & impact coach. I couldn’t imagine leaving that part of my career behind.

But really, I left nothing behind. I took it all with me.

The years I’ve had coaching and guiding artists in their careers and the impact they were making is what brought me to where I am today.

The pain, the fear, the coaching, and the training I’ve gone through in the past year have completely transformed my life.

We’ve gone through a global awakening. As we start to see a light at the end, our eyes must stay open.

I’m here to help the music biz and ALL mission-driven peeps navigate uncertainty and use their talents, pain, and experiences to create GREAT lives & change the world.

Send me a note if you’re ready for transformation. 

Now, I’m off to hug the bejeezus out of my family!

Civia Caroline