I was lucky to have a remote job before the start of the pandemic. We are also directly tied to essential services, so we didn’t see much of a chance in our work stability. However, many of my friends did not fare nearly as well as I did. My buddy Raymond was working as a photographer for a newspaper that was already struggling before the pandemic hit. He managed to find part time work at another media company, but he’s still trying to make ends meet as a freelancer. I’ve known Jessica since high school and she was in the top 10 of our graduating class. After graduating from Emory University in Atlanta and landing a job at an analytics company, we all assumed that she had finally settled into a lucrative career. But sadly the pandemic squeezed that company’s resources and Jessica soon found herself in need of a new job again. My brother lost his job as a fitness coach and personal trainer at a local gym that had to shut down during the initial COVID lockdown procedures. However, my brother quickly learned that he could make a lot more money with more clients than ever before by moving into virtual fitness coaching. There are so many people at home who have needed the one-on-one attention that they would normally get with semi-private fitness coaching at a local gym. Even as the economy slowly reopens and the pandemic incrementally improves, my brother still has a huge list of clients and plenty of work to pay his bills and survive.
Fitness coaching