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THE ASTORIAN • TuESdAy, FEbRuARy 25, 2020
Woman looking for more excitement
Dear Annie: My biggest accomplishment in be mediocre anymore. It’s about finding joy and
life is my recovery. I’m currently seven years pleasure in the small victories of each day.
sober, and I have worked very hard to clear my
If there are things you want to try but are
history of self-destruction and rebuild my life afraid to, try them anyway. Fear is “false evidence
into what it is today. I continue to attend recov- appearing real.”
ery meetings and guide other women through the
Dear Annie: “Out of Shape” was wondering
recovery process. But I am in a maddening
how to start a successful exercise pro-
gram after many years of disappointment.
loop thinking of what to do with my life.
DEAR
I came to this area to attend rehab and
As an executive coach who works with
ANNIE
had no intention to stay, yet here I am eight
professionals on everything from time
years later. I have reached and sustained
management to wellness, I have found the
stability in my life, but my heart longs for
biggest challenge to making life changes
more. I am afraid I will never take the leap
is that people start out with plans that are
to make a change and, ultimately, get lost
too big.
in regret of what could have been.
Begin with a simple step: Get more
I’ve consulted therapists, my spon-
active. It might be taking a 10-minute
sor, my family, my friends, my co-work- ANNIE LANE walk after lunch, doing three minutes of
Creators
ers, and I believe they are sick of hearing
calisthenics before getting in the shower
Syndicate Inc.
about it. Before I got sober, I was a risk
or doing squats for two minutes while you
taker in good and bad ways. I was bold
brush your teeth. The key is to tie it to
and brave and moved on my own multiple times. something you already do every day.
It’s as though I have lost the ability to create my
After one month, this routine becomes a
own future. I continue to live a mediocre-feeling habit that you can celebrate and build upon. You
life, and I fear I will never change. I just don’t might feel it is a small improvement, but you are
know what to do, and I was compelled to ask you. already more active than you were a month ago!
How do I change? — Stuck in a Loop
The next month, add something simple to your
Dear Stuck in a Loop: There is nothing medi- new routine, or create a second one for another
ocre about a life lived seven years sober. That is time during the day.
something to be celebrated. And helping other
Also, look for ways to make simple tasks more
women get sober while staying sober yourself is physically challenging. Let’s say you are picking
heroic. While a therapist and friends are an essen- up stray items around the living room. Pick them
tial part of recovery, the person you need to con- up one at a time, and sprint to put them away.
sult is yourself. Cut yourself some slack, and be By year’s end, you will find that you are lead-
kind to yourself. Be grateful for all the wonder- ing a much more active life without putting in
ful things that have been made possible by your an overwhelming amount of effort. Your increase
sobriety. Turn off that critical voice in your head in energy and confidence will help spur you to a
that is telling you they don’t count, or they don’t more active life naturally. — Keeping It Simple
mean much, or if you were really strong, you
Dear Keeping It Simple: I always love hear-
would move to a strange environment. Nonsense. ing from professionals who offer wise perspec-
Wherever you go, there you are. Thus, it tives. Your advice reminds me of one of my
doesn’t matter if you move to another town or favorite sayings: Life is a cinch by the inch and a
wait for this great big moment when life will not trial by the mile.
Virus outbreak chills markets,
outlook for global economy
By DAVID McHUGH
Associated Press
FRANKFURT, Germany —
The widening coronavirus outbreak
threatens to seriously disrupt the
global economy just as it was steady-
ing itself against headwinds from the
U.S.-China trade dispute.
Stocks fell sharply on Monday
around the world on news of more
infections in different countries. The
U.S. Dow Jones was down more than
900 points during mid-day trading,
while in Europe, the pan-European
Stoxx 600 dipped 3.6% amid fears
about the first major outbreak on
the Continent, an eruption of cases
in Italy. Cases were also reported in
new countries in the Middle East.
Concerns are high in Europe,
where the three largest economies
are already scraping along at the edge
of recession, with Germany particu-
larly exposed. China, the epicenter of
the crisis, is a major sales market for
German automobiles and serves as a
source of parts for Germany’s own
factories.
The global economy was just sta-
bilizing after wobbles caused by
the trade war between the U.S. and
China and fears of a disorderly Brit-
ish exit from the European Union.
The coronavirus hit just as a U.S.-
China preliminary deal and a Brit-
ain-EU agreement on a transition
period had boosted hopes for a mod-
est upswing, particularly in Europe.
Now the world economy could
see its first quarterly fall in season-
ally adjusted output since the global
financial crisis of more than a decade
ago, says Ben May, director of global
macro research at Oxford Economics.
Frequent business and tourism
destinations for people from China
are already being hit hard, confirm-
ing that this will be a key way that the
pain will spread to other Asian econ-
omies, with Singapore and Hong
Kong feeling the effects.
Comparisons to the 2003 SARS
epidemic, another deadly outbreak
that originated in China, aren’t reas-
suring because China’s share of the
global economy is much bigger than
it was back then, and supply chains
moving raw materials, parts and
products snake through the global
economy more than ever.
Stock markets may have been
slow to appreciate the risk posed by
the coronavirus because they hoped
central banks could step in with stim-
ulus. Erik Nielsen, group chief econ-
omist at UniCredit, said that while
monetary or fiscal stimulus can boost
demand in an economy, the virus is
interrupting supply — which may
not be so easy to boost with policy
tools.
“Think of it this way: China has
closed a reported 70,000 movie the-
aters because of the virus. That’s
a supply shock, and no amount of
income (demand) stimulus will boost
ticket sales,” he said.
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