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Why You Should Stop Saying “When Covid Will Be Over”?
It’s time to end a year-long period of procrastination
A year ago we all went into lockdown — and as much as it seemed impossible to endure, we were promised that it would last a few weeks, a few months tops. And then so it began. We had to relearn and adjust our lives to a normal that has been very far from any normalcy that we had been used to. We had to acquire new skills and coping mechanisms — from 3rd-grade maths, steering away from food-hoarding against our best instincts to managing our mental health in social isolation without close contact with friends and family.
Some broke down, some thrived. Some broke down, picked themselves up and thrived later. Some thrived and then broke down later. Some became lazier. Some became more creative. Some profited from it. Some suffered unimaginable losses. We all adjusted. And we have been in it together. The #stayathome movements, the debates around wearing or not wearing masks, the social distancing — it all affected all of us to a certain extent. The uncertainty of all of it certainly did.
2020 has been a hell of a year.
And we have been waiting for 2021 — as if it was our salvation that occurs overnight. We have placed great hope into vaccination, we still cross our fingers and look the other…
