Touchstones

As we begin the 3rd week of ‘shelter in place’ (maybe more or less for some), We are all in the process of adjusting our lives to the situation. May that be a balance of working from home and spending time with your family, or figuring out how not to get “cabin fever”, or for some… dealing with the consequences of loss in employment, a loved one contracting the disease or even worse, losing someone to the disease. Beyond the virus itself, a driving force behind all the anxiety is…. Uncertainty. Will I be able to support myself and my family? Will my close ones be safe? When will this pass? ……… Is this life the new normal ?!! Humans strive for stability and control, which equates to routine, habits and partially planning for what could lie ahead. Right now, we strive to adjust our routine and habits, while we…

Hello Everyone,Welcome to the Marg Advisory Services Blog – Touchstones.We are in the midst of the most unforeseen, unprecedented and unimaginable circumstances, a time of life-altering change. It is only fitting that in these times when the COVID-19 pandemic has confined a large number of the world population to their homes that we launch our blog, focused primarily on two parameters – perspective and insight. The world finally gets to take a pause from a complex, interconnected and dynamic system that has evolved rapidly in the last few years with great advances in technology and communications. We read everywhere that our world will never be the same again. The new normal will be enforced by sobering statistics like 2,000,734 infected and 126,776 dead (Source: worldmeters.info Date: 15 April 2020) that the pandemic has foisted on us.In this moment of enforced self-reflection, we are confronting the results of our choices, both…