I’m afraid the world after the pandemic will be filled with a lot more dark than light. We are seeing that already as we are presented with more opportunities to polarize. The internet is a wonderful source of information, and we used to say you could find just about anything out there. I think it’s been improved, and now you can indeed find anything...but the flip side of anything is everything, and that’s there too. And we are just coming off 4 years of a new definition of facts, alternate facts, and fake news. It used to be hard to tell what was false...that’s been flipped and now it’s hard to tell what’s true. This has created a great divide in our nation, and expanded beyond our borders. People are angry and fearful, and don’t no what's true and not true and the consequences of that are piling up. Can we get past what’s good for me, to what’s best for we? The economic effects are dire for so many, people will be looking for quick fixes, and we haven’t yet seemed to learn that short term gains may not be in our long term interests. I hope I’m wrong, I wish I saw fields of flowers not just dried up hulks of old trees in what should be the land of milk and honey as envisioned in earlier times.
November 18, 2020
Now that it looks like the pandemic will be over in a few months (because we will all be vaccinated), I'm starting to get a bit sad and anxious. I grew to like my pandemic routines and working from home. I guess there are some things I look forward to like seeing friends more often, eating out, going to movies, traveling, etc. So there are good things I want to do. I just hope I can hold on to some of the new habits I gained during the pandemic such as daily walks in the park, more frequent zoom calls with friends and family outside my city, and eating healthier at home. I hope my life doesn't get cluttered again with a lot of superficial nonsense. I want to keep good boundaries about what I let into my life post-pandemic, what I spend time on, and who I spend time with.
March 13, 2021