At first there is panic.
At first there is fear.
How am I going to cope with the obligation of staying at home basically 24/7?
What if the virus decides to knock at my door?
What if it pays a visit to my family and friends as well?
Questions. Questions. Questions.
And not many answers. Not from Day 1.
And then you slowly start calming down.
You pause.
You stop and try to think it through.
You decide to figure it out. Somehow. There must be a way.
You know that there will be sad news on the television every morning and every night.
You know that you will be overfed with information and that it will be exhausting.
You know that you will hear ambulances passing by outside a few times per day.
You know that there will be empty streets in your town.
You know that people will be looking at each other as if we were all enemies.
You know that you will feel like in a “Walking Dead” series if you finally decide to go for that
healthy walk outside.
You know that you will feel isolated at some point, even though you are not alone.
You know that there will be a lot of noise and silence at the same time.
But…
You also know that you don’t have to let it all invade your system and your life.
There are things you have no impact on. And this COVID-19 war is one of them. So just do
your best and relax!
Enjoy this pause in your hectic life and do things for which you usually don’t have that much
time, if any.
Take a moment and try to see the world around you in different colors.
And maybe only then will you see that…
… life is short, time is precious and the moments lost are to be lost forever
… that message you were meaning to write or a call to make for so long - now is the perfect
time to do that!
… there are people, either close by or far away, who really care about you and will be
checking on you every day
… your significant other is a perfect guy to be with in a lockdown, or rather: he’s perfect
in general, it’s as simple as that! (yeah, you’re definitely in love girl!)
… change of the everyday environment, or rather being in the same one all the time, can be
a great trigger for new conversations, for questions you have never asked before, for ideas
you have never had before
… moving out from your apartment temporarily, with only some clothes and a few every-day
objects that you like, will help you realize that you’ve accumulated so much stuff at your place
which you actually don’t need
… that Chinese game of mahjong, that your boyfriend was trying to convince you to play
for months - that it’s actually pretty cool! And a great intellectual activity for the normally lazy
Sunday afternoons!
… those small details of the daily life you were too busy to see - they actually exist! (yes,
indeed, birds do sing)
… these “strange” times we live in are not some kind of attack on our liberty, but rather a box
of opportunities, an open door which welcomes you in, offering you space and time for your
creativity, your learning and your peace of mind…
It’s only up to you how you will live through these weeks of lockdown. Nobody will live them
for you. So please treat this time well. So that on D-Day, when we will all come out, you will be
able to tell yourself: I made it! And I didn’t waste a second of it!
Be good to yourself and most of all: take a good care of yourself and those around you!
At first there is fear.
How am I going to cope with the obligation of staying at home basically 24/7?
What if the virus decides to knock at my door?
What if it pays a visit to my family and friends as well?
Questions. Questions. Questions.
And not many answers. Not from Day 1.
And then you slowly start calming down.
You pause.
You stop and try to think it through.
You decide to figure it out. Somehow. There must be a way.
You know that there will be sad news on the television every morning and every night.
You know that you will be overfed with information and that it will be exhausting.
You know that you will hear ambulances passing by outside a few times per day.
You know that there will be empty streets in your town.
You know that people will be looking at each other as if we were all enemies.
You know that you will feel like in a “Walking Dead” series if you finally decide to go for that
healthy walk outside.
You know that you will feel isolated at some point, even though you are not alone.
You know that there will be a lot of noise and silence at the same time.
But…
You also know that you don’t have to let it all invade your system and your life.
There are things you have no impact on. And this COVID-19 war is one of them. So just do
your best and relax!
Enjoy this pause in your hectic life and do things for which you usually don’t have that much
time, if any.
Take a moment and try to see the world around you in different colors.
And maybe only then will you see that…
… life is short, time is precious and the moments lost are to be lost forever
… that message you were meaning to write or a call to make for so long - now is the perfect
time to do that!
… there are people, either close by or far away, who really care about you and will be
checking on you every day
… your significant other is a perfect guy to be with in a lockdown, or rather: he’s perfect
in general, it’s as simple as that! (yeah, you’re definitely in love girl!)
… change of the everyday environment, or rather being in the same one all the time, can be
a great trigger for new conversations, for questions you have never asked before, for ideas
you have never had before
… moving out from your apartment temporarily, with only some clothes and a few every-day
objects that you like, will help you realize that you’ve accumulated so much stuff at your place
which you actually don’t need
… that Chinese game of mahjong, that your boyfriend was trying to convince you to play
for months - that it’s actually pretty cool! And a great intellectual activity for the normally lazy
Sunday afternoons!
… those small details of the daily life you were too busy to see - they actually exist! (yes,
indeed, birds do sing)
… these “strange” times we live in are not some kind of attack on our liberty, but rather a box
of opportunities, an open door which welcomes you in, offering you space and time for your
creativity, your learning and your peace of mind…
It’s only up to you how you will live through these weeks of lockdown. Nobody will live them
for you. So please treat this time well. So that on D-Day, when we will all come out, you will be
able to tell yourself: I made it! And I didn’t waste a second of it!
Be good to yourself and most of all: take a good care of yourself and those around you!
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