{"id":308,"date":"2024-07-29T17:50:39","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T17:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clients.computerguru.me\/ps\/wprebuild\/?p=308"},"modified":"2024-07-29T17:50:39","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T17:50:39","slug":"where-do-we-go-from-here-life-after-the-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/clients.computerguru.me\/ps\/wprebuild\/2024\/07\/29\/where-do-we-go-from-here-life-after-the-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Do We Go From Here?: Life After the Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Covid-19 has changed the way we lived our lives. Almost everything familiar\u2014spending time with family and friends, taking part in social events, going to work, mundane activities like buying groceries\u2014became situations that had the potential to result in ourselves or others becoming sick or even dying. We may not always have enjoyed the familiar\u2014a trip to the market to get paper towels, for example, or buying gas\u2014but we never had to weigh the risks we might be taking or find alternative ways to get things done. Seemingly overnight, the ordinary became extraordinarily complicated.<\/p>\n

Covid-19 has also changed us. We\u2019re no longer who we were pre-pandemic. Some of that change has been painful and unwanted; some of it may have offered greater insight into ourselves and what matters most to us. And what matters most may have also changed. This past year has forced me to recognize that I\u2019m fine with big changes in my life, like moving to a different part of the country where I don\u2019t know many, or any, people \u2026 when I initiate those changes. But when change that I have absolutely no control over happens? Turns out I\u2019m not as adaptable as I liked to think I was.<\/p>\n

Just as Covid-19 won\u2019t disappear overnight, neither will the emotions\u2014grief, fear, anger\u2014we\u2019ve been living with for the past year. Now that an \u201cafter\u201d appears to be in sight, a new uncertainty has been added to the mix: What will a post-pandemic world look like? How do we reengage with others after so long apart and whom do we want to reengage with? And perhaps the biggest question of all, how do we want to live our lives?<\/p>\n

Living with the unknown is never easy and rarely is it comfortable, but all those feelings\u2014the grief, fear, anger, uncertainty\u2014are normal. We\u2019re still in collective mourning for lives lost and for those existing in what feels like a perpetual state of limbo. As we emerge from the past year of unchosen isolation, it\u2019s essential to remember that we aren\u2019t alone in feeling nervous, ambivalent, and afraid. Here are a few suggestions to help ease discomfort during this time of transition.<\/p>\n