Here we go again.
It feels pretty weird the world we’re in now. if we meet socially, we choose not to drink out of glasses and wipe the bottles we drink out of before we take a sip, and undergo temperature checks when entering public buildings and everywhere else, it seems, let alone even thinking of hugging or kissing! (i can’t help but think turning into a zombie as soon as we think of getting a bit frisky because, let’s be honest, right!) which everyone is used to by now. I’m finding life a little weird. Not only do we have covid but Brexit too! It’s like it meant going into a dictatorship world where it’s a different rule for us and no rules for our top aristocrats. Honestly Its like heading into a sci-fi movie or like the movie purge but a softer minted thriller.
Vaccines and scandals between our top mps have dominated most of the headlines. Will there ever be an end to all this? what’s your vision of the future? To be honest I still haven’t quite worked out whether we’re going to have one or not, But whatever happens, people are not yet safe in that near future, but we’re kind of over the worst or at least i think. It’s not a dystopian, post-civilisation world, we’re in a slightly weird world, where things have changed, but not completely.
I’m trying to work out where we might be sometimes in the very near future, Will getting on a plane feel wildly anachronistic? How interesting can work actually be when everyone is sitting in their sitting room in their pyjamas working from home? It feels odd to be writing about people hopping on trains or popping into pubs or the local cafes, but focusing on Covid might make it all very hideously. But if you don’t mention it, it is the massive elephant in the room!!
Ideas of freedom and oppression are frequent themes in other countries. After all, some of us are no strangers to solitary confinement some might call it, given that you have been tracked, traced or simply contracted covid. Its horrible to have to break this rope we have attached to our house hold members and outside world with covid. some of us are too afraid to let others get sick and so we avoid social attraction. This is definitely what comes out of a horror movie its making my anxiety go up the roof just writing about it.
May i just say woman have opted to stay home more than men..as men are more likely to socialise outdoors, for the first time its not because we are old to stay at home, its because we prefer to stay home to be safe. out instinct are to protect but i may just be being bias.
Many are extremely particular about their routines and deadlines, be it a daily walk or what time the meals are set for the kids. Parenting with kids brings a whole different ball game with covid. but i won’t get into that today.
Lockdown happens so fast. One moment we’re rushing about stockpiling toilet rolls and long life foods and the next we are vanished, scurrying indoors like terrified mice. Waiting for a silent consensus to disappear.Walking through london on the first year was like walking into empty streets like humans had exited planet earth, Not to mention the air felt different. did anyone notice how the clouds in the sky and environment felt different? everything stopped! the air felt pure again and you could actually see and feel everything in the environment for what it really was!which begs to question how we us humans use the planet to begin with. But not many noticed, as everybody was busy loosing their loved ones and accepted trying to survive the first wave of the pandemic. it was horrifying watching the numbers on tv of cases and deaths. Yep the atmosphere was also morbid. makes me question how slid we actually are! In the early days it was difficult not to feel floaty and insubstantial, mistaking the dream-like quality of the world outside for the unreality of one’s self. To guard against melting away mentally into air, Many of us cast about for anchors, Family meals, now reinvested with proper ritual significance! Daily routines helped. Sleep helps.
anyway.. not everyone is a click away and for some, the lack of meeting new people, discovering new places and living through new experiences has led to a mental wall. lockdown either offers a new prospective on life and health or it blocks your mentally depending on your circumstances. its hit everyone differently. Economically The Uk has hit a wall where covid and brexit has stood as a challenging adversity.