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I noticed an fascinating factor floating round social media the opposite day: a reminder that 5 years in the past, this week was the final regular week for lots of People, as authorities shut downs began occurring in mid March. Let’s focus on — what was your life like, 5 years in the past? How did it change throughout 2020, and the way has it modified since?
Most likely the perfect factor we revealed throughout that point interval was written by a commenter, who graciously allowed us to republish it as a publish — The Preferrred COVID-19 Quarantine Lady. From the opening paragraph:
She lives alone. Until she has youngsters. Then they stay along with her. However she doesn’t take them out. They magically entertain themselves so she will exit for important journeys. Not more than as soon as each two weeks. For important groceries. She doesn’t want rest room paper. She stocked up months in the past properly earlier than there was a run on rest room paper or anybody might accuse her of hoarding. However her provide is protected since she put in a bidet final week. She has a totally stocked basement of something she or her household might have for six months.
Wow — that actually takes me again. In some methods the pandemic did not change my life an excessive amount of, contemplating I have been working from dwelling for fairly some time now, however having the youngsters dwelling, with out childcare (and digital college, gah) was… actually one thing. (I ought to word that my household was very lucky to not have anybody be too affected by COVID-19.) I do not assume we are able to know but how a lot the youngsters’ lives have been affected by these odd years.
In different methods the pandemic modified my life immensely — for somebody who thinks about workwear as typically as I do, work garments have modified drastically, and I really feel like lots of attitudes round careers have modified immensely. I additionally really feel like, normally, folks belief one another much less, significantly round collective well being points like vaccinations.
With the youngsters again at school we have been as again to regular because it will get as of late, however I do produce other members of the family who’re nonetheless very COVID-cautious — carrying masks in public and avoiding indoor eating. (I nonetheless attempt to encourage my nuclear household to put on a masks whereas flying, a minimum of till the airplane’s air filtration system kicks in at 30,000 toes — however that’s more and more much less fashionable with the youngsters.) We have at all times been cautious about eating indoors after the Thanksgiving/Christmas time interval, too, however this yr we celebrated my January birthday at an everyday restaurant.
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