I had to restart during the Pandemic: Here’s How Writing Became My Way Forward From suspended work to broken tools — how I turned uncertainty into a new path through words. In 2020, when the world was shutting down, so was my income. I had been working with a company that, like many others, couldn’t survive the economic stillness of the COVID-19 lockdown. They suspended our contracts, not out of malice, but survival. Products weren’t moving, sales were flat, and paying staff had become a luxury. Suddenly, I found myself at home, no salary, no structure, just uncertainty and too much silence. However, I wasn’t completely empty-handed. 1. I Had Nothing Stable, Except My Words Before the pandemic, I had already begun exploring my passion for writing children’s picture books. My goal was simple: publish stories that touched young minds and wait for publishers to buy them. But waiting became too long. When the pandemic hit, I realized maybe I didn’t need to wait. I...