I read an article the other day advising that, rather than trying to keep life "as Normal as possible" while on lockdown, or isolation, or whatever you choose to call it, instead we should be finding a new Normal. Or rather, "accepting" that this may be Normal.
Here is the full article.
It's a good point. How much fighting against this situation is just wasted energy? If we could find ways to "be Normal" within the new parameters, and without raging against them, we might all be better off. Of course we don't expect lockdown to be forever, but it may be a lot longer than most people expect. Covid-19 is changing the world and the way we do things. How we work, how we study, how we shop, what we eat, international security measures...
The old Normal is no more. It will be no more. Oh sure, eventually we will be able to go shopping whenever we want, and we'll get together with friends when we choose, but so much will be different. Our minds are changing.
And that's okay.
Being non-productive at this moment in time is okay. It takes time to adjust. Allow yourself time.
A friend of mine started a new daily journal. I don't know if she's calling it a "Covid-19 Journal" but from what she said about it, that's what I'd call it. Every day, noting the weather, health, any major news, current home situation... basically status updates for adjusting to the new Normal in her own life. How beneficial it will be later when she can look back and see the difference.
Is this a shocking thought for you? Do you rebel against the idea of a new Normal?
Most of us won't be able to afford this as a new normal. It's okay in the temporary, but if schools are permanently shut down... Lots of growing pains if that happens.
ReplyDeleteI don't think this precise set-up will become normal, but I liked the articles point that the OLD normal will never be again. Like after 9/11 security measures changed worldwide. Some major changes will happen to how we carry on daily life.
DeleteAgreed. Our new normal is not THIS, but it will never go back to exactly what it was before.
ReplyDeleteI wonder at what point it will FEEL normal.
DeleteIN life we always go through, "new normals." some more drastic than others. Remarrying with 3 teen boys, was a eye-opening "new normal". LOL. The wild fire we had in my town, 2017 and the one in 2018 in Paradise, made for some "new normals" in my part of California. Mostly likely this pandemic will be the BIGGEST new normal we've even come across in our lifetime. Oh well - what can we do about it. Nothing but adapt.
ReplyDeleteYou are right. I think how the September 11th attacks changed the whole world's transport security precautions and regulations. I think how the Chernobyl explosion altered the view of nuclear power. This is another global disturbance that will change things universally, I'm sure.
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