Hi, this is Dale in Knoxville, Tennessee, where I normally run an event venue, but have

not been running an event venue since the beginning of the COVID crisis.

From death, sex, and money, this is financial therapy.

I'm Amanda Claimon, and my job is to help people work through their feelings about money.

I think if I have a goal in life, it's to facilitate everyday joy and fun.

Dale is 35.

She wrote in from Tennessee where she lives with her husband, no kids.

In normal times, probably 70 percent of my job is managing an event space that my husband

and I own.

And then I also have a small suit business where I make handpies out of that same building.

But of course, times are not normal right now.

We still don't know when it will be safe for us to gather, even as some businesses are

opening up here in Tennessee.

It's still pretty unclear when it will be safe for large groups to gather.

And so, yes, that's hard to deal with just having really no clear answer about when

we can operate again.

Both Dale and her husband are taking home about a third less than they normally would.

And their savings can last between six months and a year, depending on how tightly they

squeeze their budget.

And so right now, while Dale can sit home and know that she's safe, her mind is already

casting forward to what's next and wrestling with the idea of how they're going to open

safely and what she wants her business and her life to look like after this initial

...