Work and Money
How can I consider moving my services online when wider conditions change?
English translation draft · Based on the Chinese article. This is not a word-for-word translation approved by Master Shengyuan.
First examine changes in the original working environment, your existing abilities, and what can continue through another channel. During the pandemic, discussion of affected face-to-face work aimed to help people understand circumstances, consider next steps, and prepare useful skills.
Sheng Zhen Men offered online divination earlier and later online courses. Canceled physical lectures still left Podcast sharing. Restrictions on meeting prompted video consultations during divine descent so clients could interact remotely. These services began differently and developed one by one.
Online consultation was not completed simply upon imagining it. We had discussed procedures the preceding year but were still working through donations and service details. Actual need later brought earlier plans into execution. Many tasks separate inspiration from implementation.
Video also helped distant central, southern, and overseas friends. Online worship still involved staff lighting incense and casting blocks to assist prayers. Moving online did not remove the people completing work behind it.
If you have several directions, organize options you like and would try, then explore suitability. Divination may guide, but skills still need learning and use. I discussed design, programming, and digital work possibilities then. Developing skills also relates to stability and security. Do what capacity allows and care for others facing difficulty.
Industries have different conditions. Discussing nails, I suggested online teaching, but a practitioner considered competition and recognition and did not want that direction then. Possibilities must return to personal willingness and capacity. Some events companies I know added e-commerce or moved physical events online, finding new methods from existing work.
Initial concern is natural. Practitioners recalled wondering whether anyone would register for online ceremonies. Actual work and promotion gradually built participation and trust. A plan still requires implementation and communication so people understand it.