I could wax poetic about The Doors, but that’s not what this post is about 🙂
Contrary to all the wanting-to-be-helpful-but-actually-aren’t articles telling you that you should be learning a new language or new hobby, or learning to cook like Julia Child, I don’t agree with most of these writings and feel that people just aren’t in the head space to adequately do these things. Myself included. For someone who is a voracious bookworm, I am having a hard time reading more than two sentences in a novel before my mind just shuts down.
It is really hard to concentrate on anything, really.
But when I am not freaking out over the news or freaking out over finances or freaking out over anything at this point, I am trying to think about what is next. After the chaos and craziness that is “quarantine life”, what is the ever after?
What happens after we break on through to the other side?
I don’t have all the answers to that question and frankly I don’t think anyone does. But things are going to be different. How these differences impinge on our every day lives is something we will have to consider. Sure, some things will go back to normal but lives have been irrevocably altered. Systems and ways of living have been broken and we will have to work at putting it all back together.
But I believe there is also an opportunity here to do some serious thinking. In between the news updates, bread baking, and toilet paper shopping, we need to think about what we want our lives to look like going forward. Things will shift and it is up to us to shift our lives in the right directions.
Have you found that what you thought was important before all this happened is suddenly not so important anymore? Those things you put off because of time, could you find time once quarantine life is over to actually do them?
What do you want your life to look like?
If this whole pandemic thing has taught us anything besides the obvious, is that life is indeed short. We are not promised anything. We have been given the gift of time right now and I believe that we can come out of all this stronger.
Life is a gift my friends. Lets cheer one another on and love hard.
We are all in this together 🙂
I don’t think I’ll take going to the store for granted anymore. I remember what a chore it felt like, but now it’s like walking into the lion’s den. lol! Overall though, we will move past this and life will return to normal again. I remember when 9/11 happened and everyone said the same thing, but it does normalize, and actually pretty quickly. Even with the recession, people adjusted. We are very adaptable creatures. I just wish people wouldn’t protest in groups and be so impatient and potentially harm others and drag it out for the rest of us if there is another spike. 🙁 I want to get back to the beach as much as anyone!
Yes, the protesting in groups to have cities and states reopen is ridiculous. The Huntington Beach one was crazy, ugh…
You are right. Humans are adaptable. But I feel this particular thing we are going through is different because of the extreme loss of life and also people not being able to say goodbye or be with loved ones because they had the virus and weren’t allowed to be there. There won’t be a sense of closure for some people, and you really can’t come back from that 🙁
I’ve had a difficult time reading too, although I did find when I really pushed myself to do it – it helped tremendously. But if the book ain’t good, it’s a no go for sure! Some days I just feel helpless and hopeless and I’m overall really lucky but it weighs on you. Other days, I’m super positive but it never seems to last long. I won’t take for granted the freedom of being able to sit at a restaurant, to hug someone, to be able to PLAN something more than minutes and hours out. Like Tonya, I don’t get the protestors at all (but all they do is watch FOX news so I’d probably be protesting too if that’s all I did). Yes, I want a haircut. Yes, I want to walk around without a mask so my glasses don’t steam up and I can see where I’m going. Yes, I want to celebrate the holidays with my family. But … I also don’t want to be responsible for getting anyone sick or worse. Americans (and people in general) are resilient and we can get through this. Stay strong and safe, my friend!
Reading has been sooooo difficult for me. I literally have no desire to read which is completely abnormal for me. I know it’ll come back at some point but it just feels so weird.
Yes, this has been an emotional rollercoaster for sure. It changes day to day. I am looking forward to all this being over!