Living Well
In Turbulent Times
Paul Fedynich began writing this book during the financial and housing meltdown of 2008. He became too busy picking up the pieces to finish at that time. Opportunities kept presenting themselves, and of course, life kept getting in the way.
A year ago, while in recovery from a quadruple bypass, Paul thought the eight weeks home in recovery would be an excellent time to pick up where he left off but to no avail. There was no way Paul could focus on much of anything other than getting better.
Now, in 2020 we’re in the COVID-19 pandemic, and the world has mostly shut down. We know many people struggle emotionally and financially to get through with a long road ahead of us to recovery. Some people have trouble finding that light at the end of the tunnel.
What prompted Paul to write this book is the desire to help people find their way. In his first major life crisis, he learned a valuable lesson. No matter how bad life seemed at that moment, there was always someone else who had a more devastating story.
The author searched for answers and found very little help and guidance to get him through. Paul kept a journal of everything he went through during that time. It was 1998, and there was not much available to assist the victims of parental abduction. So, that journal became a book in hopes of helping someone. That book is “Have You Seen My Kids?”
The author doesn’t want judgment for what he will reveal to you here in this book. He has been judged and looked down upon for his mistakes and bad decisions. Paul was considered very lucky when he turned things around and created some massive wins and success stories. It’s funny the envy when your life is going well.
Paul wants to share with you how he became so “lucky” by keeping a positive mindset, recognizing opportunities, and having the ambition to do the work and take action necessary to develop a path of living well through my turbulent times.
We all experience turbulence in our lives at some point or another. It could be as a child with your parents going through a bitter divorce and putting the kids in the middle, maybe getting bullied in school for being an outcast when you’re already painfully shy and introverted. When we’re young, we’re a little less phased by pandemics and the likes.
With divorce rates dropping, the odds are still high that you may one day face it, albeit yourself or someone close to you. Paul is not proud of his success rate with marriage (3), but he understands what he did and why he did it while making corrections along the way. There are no regrets. The author owns the mistakes he made and is a better person in a better place because of them. He also believes that no one should live in misery due to a broken relationship that is unfixable just because of a commitment made. It does require both people to be reasonable and make corrections, and sometimes that is not possible.
Bankruptcy is another big crisis that Paul expects we will see a rise in here very shortly. You or someone you know may have dealt with or may soon have to deal with this. After his first, Paul swore never to let that happen again, but the 2008 crisis was too massive for him, and he was not as prepared as he could have been. Paul used this experience to help counsel others who cannot see the light at the end of that financial tunnel.
The author has paved the way with so many new beginnings in life, and while change is always challenging, it provides new life and energy, giving you the ability to take on a new perspective.
Paul will provide you with some of the resources he used to continually live a good life, get through the turbulent times, and pick himself up. He says some of the resources because there was a boatload, and there is no way he can include it all in this one book. However, Paul will mention some of the books you can pick up that will provide additional resources. It will be essential for you to find what works best for you.
When you’re in the midst of a crisis, seeing the opportunities before you may be blinding. Having an open mind and a high level of awareness will help you see not only the light at the end of the tunnel but the carrots that are dangling before you.
It doesn’t matter whether it’s a pandemic, epidemic, hurricane, tornado, flood, Government shut down, a firing from work, divorce, bankruptcy, death, housing crisis, dot com bubble, savings and loan crisis, stock market crashes, killer bees, mental illness, war, Enron, Aids, the Cuban Missile Crisis, 9/11/2001, recession, depression, Ohio State, Tiananmen Square Massacre, Olympic bombings, global warming, SARS, Bird Flu, H1N1, unrest in Afghanistan and the middle east, presidents assassinated, impeached, or resigning, Tequila crisis, rising mortgage interest rates to 16%+, Junk Bond crash, gas shortage with endless gas lines, and energy crisis, automotive crisis, big corporate bailouts, al-Qaeda and Isis terrorism, droughts, and water shortages, rotating power outages, Y2K, anthrax, West Nile Virus, E.coli, BP oil spill, Zika, measles, 2012 Mayan calendar, COVID19, etc. These and others have occurred during my lifetime, and the list goes on and on, but I digress. The world was going to hell in a handbasket, according to the media. But here we are today.
Crisis’ are inevitable things and out of your control. Despite collective expertise, markets are destined to repeat history as irrational exuberance proceeds equally irrational despair. Periodic bouts of chaos are the inevitable result.
It would be best if you were emotionally and financially resilient and sound. Being better prepared for these storms means coming out more durable and better than before. We do not want to face the turbulence in life, but that is how we recognize and appreciate all of the good we have, which is so much more than the bad.
Businesses devise an emergency disaster preparedness plan, so why don’t you have one for you and your family? The author hopes that by the time you finish this book, you become much more equipped to handle the situations you are currently facing and better prepared for the turbulence that will again come your way.
