When conditions become unstable, become something stable enough to think from.

When everything around you is moving unpredictably, thinking becomes difficult because there is nothing fixed to reason from. Becoming that fixed point yourself, through routine, through a settled body, through holding to a couple of decisions already made, gives you and everyone else a place to stand. Stability has to come from somewhere and in unstable conditions it has to come from you.

During an unsettled period, keep some things absolutely constant, the same sleep, the same morning, the same few commitments. It looks unrelated to the crisis. It is what makes clear thinking about the crisis possible.