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What Might Our New Normal Look Like?
The life many of us are living at the moment is far from ‘normal’, and while I’m managing the quiet life I’m having to live, it is still far from my normal life.
Some Initial Thoughts
I now can judge how far 1.5 metres is, and if anyone gets closer than that, I’ll back away, if I don’t know the person, and know they’re ‘safe’. I have no worries about wearing a mask, although I’d prefer not to wear one, I readily will if I have to. I’m happy enough to keep to myself, and my with my close family and sometimes friends, at events with not too many people.
Many people are ignoring this Covid Virus that has invaded our world, and trying to carry on as they always have. But that isn’t possible, is it? Things have definitely changed, and ignoring the truth of that could be dangerous, even fatal …
So I’m now wondering what our new ‘normal’ may look like. Will I go the way of the ‘preppers’, those people who gather up everything they may need to survive, and shut themselves away from society? No, that is not in my mind about htis Covid time, not at all.
I’m like my community too much for that, and I have a strong belief in the ability of that community to help people to survive … By community I include everyone, from my immediate and extended family, to my wide circle of…
