Not knowing the outcome
This is a tough one. Beyond tough. I don't know the outcome of COVID-19. I can't tell you or myself what the next month, six months, or even year down the road is going to look like
Currently, we are on lock down. A state order called "Stay Home, Stay Healthy" is what is in play right now. We have been in this state for weeks now and mostly, in our home, we have adapted. I say mostly because it is something that we have never experienced before in our lives. Our own government telling us to not do the things we have done for our entire lives. Don't go to work, only shop when needed, only go outside to get exercise; it is all new and weird to say the least. Yet, we have adapted and are waiting.
Each time a new date for a review of our current lock down is set it brings me a sense of anticipation. What will be next? Having hope, but, also trying to remain realistic and knowing our future will likely be different than ever before. I try to stay away from most news, but, I watch some. Most of it is hard to discern who is giving the best information, who is just trying to tell their story, and which politician is just trying to get elected next go around. I follow some data to see how we are trending locally, nationally, and worldwide. Information is important right now for all of us to have, yet, it is also hard to get quality information. Even with that, I try to stay informed as best I can and hope for the best.....I am a pessimist who always keeps hope out front leading the way, crazy I know, it's just who I am.
I regularly, daily, sometimes hourly, think about our economy. We are already facing unprecedented change everywhere. Our economy isn't built to be shut down. The longer we are shut down the more painful it will be when we do open back up for business. What will it look like moving forward, how will the roll out be for being able to get back in business? How many businesses will never see the light of day again? I have to say I am ready to open it back up, we have to, or the already long term repercussions will be even worse than we could have imagined. Yes, I value saving lives, no I am not an inconsiderate asshole who doesn't care about your grandma. I am not. I go back and forth on this one all time. Yet, the more time that passes that we stay closed for business what we are experiencing now will pale in comparison to what will be down the road.
The unknowns for all of our lives is nearly unfathomable for the future. Will we go back to the lives we were used to? We things return to normal? I hear some say they don't want to go back to normal, and, I get what they are saying to some extent. I am gonna tell you my normal was just fine and we enjoyed our life. I would like nothing more than to go back to normal. Were things perfect, of course not, nothing ever is, but, I liked our normal. I also know we will all have a new normal moving forward and none of us really know what that will look like a month, six months, or a year from now. One thought that comes to my mind is I just want to be able to go to a concert again. For whatever reason, that one comes up in my head frequently. I am hopeful, but really, I don't know what it will be like.
We, all of us, our being driven toward a future not of our making and that is a real scary unknown. I am watching our politicians, the ones who will determine this for us, already, just a couple months into a worldwide pandemic, return to being political with our very futures. I enjoyed, for about two weeks, seeing politicians being human. Everyone was working toward the common goal of helping their citizens. That died pretty quickly and the blaming came back with a fury. Literally, peoples lives were being used as pawns. One area, having enough ventilators across our nation, was politicized. Truly sad.
I am a forward thinking person. This is a time where this is tough to do for me. I have hope, lot's of it. But, I am also concerned a lot. I know I am not alone in this thinking.
Currently, we are on lock down. A state order called "Stay Home, Stay Healthy" is what is in play right now. We have been in this state for weeks now and mostly, in our home, we have adapted. I say mostly because it is something that we have never experienced before in our lives. Our own government telling us to not do the things we have done for our entire lives. Don't go to work, only shop when needed, only go outside to get exercise; it is all new and weird to say the least. Yet, we have adapted and are waiting.
Each time a new date for a review of our current lock down is set it brings me a sense of anticipation. What will be next? Having hope, but, also trying to remain realistic and knowing our future will likely be different than ever before. I try to stay away from most news, but, I watch some. Most of it is hard to discern who is giving the best information, who is just trying to tell their story, and which politician is just trying to get elected next go around. I follow some data to see how we are trending locally, nationally, and worldwide. Information is important right now for all of us to have, yet, it is also hard to get quality information. Even with that, I try to stay informed as best I can and hope for the best.....I am a pessimist who always keeps hope out front leading the way, crazy I know, it's just who I am.
I regularly, daily, sometimes hourly, think about our economy. We are already facing unprecedented change everywhere. Our economy isn't built to be shut down. The longer we are shut down the more painful it will be when we do open back up for business. What will it look like moving forward, how will the roll out be for being able to get back in business? How many businesses will never see the light of day again? I have to say I am ready to open it back up, we have to, or the already long term repercussions will be even worse than we could have imagined. Yes, I value saving lives, no I am not an inconsiderate asshole who doesn't care about your grandma. I am not. I go back and forth on this one all time. Yet, the more time that passes that we stay closed for business what we are experiencing now will pale in comparison to what will be down the road.
The unknowns for all of our lives is nearly unfathomable for the future. Will we go back to the lives we were used to? We things return to normal? I hear some say they don't want to go back to normal, and, I get what they are saying to some extent. I am gonna tell you my normal was just fine and we enjoyed our life. I would like nothing more than to go back to normal. Were things perfect, of course not, nothing ever is, but, I liked our normal. I also know we will all have a new normal moving forward and none of us really know what that will look like a month, six months, or a year from now. One thought that comes to my mind is I just want to be able to go to a concert again. For whatever reason, that one comes up in my head frequently. I am hopeful, but really, I don't know what it will be like.
We, all of us, our being driven toward a future not of our making and that is a real scary unknown. I am watching our politicians, the ones who will determine this for us, already, just a couple months into a worldwide pandemic, return to being political with our very futures. I enjoyed, for about two weeks, seeing politicians being human. Everyone was working toward the common goal of helping their citizens. That died pretty quickly and the blaming came back with a fury. Literally, peoples lives were being used as pawns. One area, having enough ventilators across our nation, was politicized. Truly sad.
I am a forward thinking person. This is a time where this is tough to do for me. I have hope, lot's of it. But, I am also concerned a lot. I know I am not alone in this thinking.
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