Thank you for saying this. I feel incredibly guilty even typing this because it was such a horrible period for so many people, but there's a part of me that misses the fact that during the covid years for the first time in my life the world made sense to me. Everyone agreed that our first priority was taking care of one another. It was s…
Thank you for saying this. I feel incredibly guilty even typing this because it was such a horrible period for so many people, but there's a part of me that misses the fact that during the covid years for the first time in my life the world made sense to me. Everyone agreed that our first priority was taking care of one another. It was suddenly socially acceptable to prioritise that over money or status or possessions. And I felt like I was using my time and my skills usefully for the first time in my life, setting up systems that allowed people to do important research remotely, instead of feeling like I had to give away five days out of my week to survive in order to do what the world needed with what time and energy I had left.
And I know I was incredibly privileged in that I didn't lose my income and could work from home and had a stable living situation, and many people didn't. And it was an incredibly scary time, and the isolation from loved ones was hard, and I did lose someone close to me not directly to covid but because his compromised immune system meant he didn't get the timely care he needed. So I feel ashamed to say it, but there is a part of me that misses that shared purpose and understanding and I wish we had been able to take that forward out of the pandemic.
Thank you for saying this. I feel incredibly guilty even typing this because it was such a horrible period for so many people, but there's a part of me that misses the fact that during the covid years for the first time in my life the world made sense to me. Everyone agreed that our first priority was taking care of one another. It was suddenly socially acceptable to prioritise that over money or status or possessions. And I felt like I was using my time and my skills usefully for the first time in my life, setting up systems that allowed people to do important research remotely, instead of feeling like I had to give away five days out of my week to survive in order to do what the world needed with what time and energy I had left.
And I know I was incredibly privileged in that I didn't lose my income and could work from home and had a stable living situation, and many people didn't. And it was an incredibly scary time, and the isolation from loved ones was hard, and I did lose someone close to me not directly to covid but because his compromised immune system meant he didn't get the timely care he needed. So I feel ashamed to say it, but there is a part of me that misses that shared purpose and understanding and I wish we had been able to take that forward out of the pandemic.