Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi, I’ve been feeling very strong nostalgia for lockdown the past days- I miss the quiet, the peace, the empty streets, being able to work from home, not having to socialise in person except for possibly going on a walk with someone, it being acceptable to mainly socialise online, time moving more slowly, being able to live life at my rhythm ... - does anyone else feel this way? I am very burnt out and overwhelmed at the moment which I think is making me crave for a pause more than ever. Someone said to me recently that life does not have a pause button but that we crave that sometimes - which is exactly how I feel right now- I want life to pause, to forget about all the deadlines I have to meet, to just be able to exist with no pressure in my own bubble- I think lockdown was the closest I ever experienced to life being on pause.
I hope I am not being insensitive here- the pandemic caused a lot of misery and the reasons that led to lockdown being necessary are bad - I just miss aspects of what life was like during lockdown and am in urgent need of a pause that I am not going to get.
I really liked the periods of lockdown, I miss them too. I didn’t have to come up excuses for staying in. Was listening to radio four last week, and the news broadcaster reported that there was a new covid strain of concern spreading across the USA. Apparently it’s extremely contagious, it’s too early to comment on the severity. maybe we will get another lockdown if and when it arrives here in the UK.
Bodhisattva- neil said:maybe we will get another lockdown
Somehow, I very much doubt it.
While some may beg to differ, I feel the UK government is even less concerned about the health and welfare of people, and more concerned about the state of the economy. Besides, I think those of us who preferred lockdown are very much in the minority.
The current Prime Minister almost always, when discussing Covid, reveals his priorities: 99 times out of 100, he always mentions the ill-effects of the virus on the economy first...and eventually mentions its effect on human lives. That's a telling personal hierarchy of his concerns, I think.