1/4/2024 0 Comments Photo glamour femme![]() So this week has given me the time and the quiet to really reflect on the last 26 months, on myself, and on how I’d like to shape my life going forward. The same goes for my newer routines some aspects are unsustainable if I want to enjoy life and need to be cut back or removed, and other aspects I would like to expand and explore. Instead of making small adjustments over time I have to choose which larger adjustments to make and when to make them. My old routine doesn’t quite fit the person I am now, but there are pieces I want to keep. I’ve been in weird see-saw of old and new since, and that leaves precious little time for figuring out the version of myself that emerged from the pandemic. I found a new routine of different work, and stayed in that routine until people around me jostled me into finding some of my old routine again. I found three weeks of no outside work, but battled restlessness and cabin fever by working on projects around the house. Most of my old routine - the one that included a lot of different people and activities and travel outside of my house - screeched to a halt over the course of about a week. In this case, the event is clear - a pandemic - but it feels like a non-event because time held still in a sense. I tune into that awareness, and it helps me process as it’s happening and reflect on my experience in the time following. Normally, I am aware when something impacts and shapes me, whether it be a person, hobby, activity, an event, or something else entirely. The “return to normal” felt too quick for me, and I’ve struggled to reconcile the old with the new. Since then, precautions have felt very individualized. The warm weather increased our collective desire to break out of the on-and-off isolation of the prior year (plus some). We knew a little more about the spread and prevention, and most of the people who wanted to be vaccinated were, so safety around socializing felt more manageable. Last summer, coming out of the initial phase of this pandemic, many people felt the urge to “return to normal”. The pandemic brought abrupt change, and for everyone at the same time. There is no growth, no forward motion, without change. No one is ever the same as they were two years prior, even if they willingly ignore that fact and refuse to deal with it. I’m not the same person as I was before living through a pandemic. I’ve been able to sit with myself this week in a way that I’ve needed to but hadn’t carved out the time for. Technically I can stop isolating tomorrow, but I will likely continue to isolate until I’m testing negative consistently and/or my symptoms disappear completely because I know too many people for whom a similar week to the one I’ve had would be devastating. I’m now on day 5, and though I have a persistent cough and lower than normal energy, it’s definitely passing. I had a low fever intermittently for the first three days, went through several boxes of tissues and tea, and slept. ![]() For the most part, I’ve had the equivalent of a really bad cold or a mild flu. Or, I should say, Covid-19 caught up with me. It does not store any personal data.After 26 months of being very cautious, I’ve finally caught Covid-19. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. ![]() ![]() The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly.
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