This post has been published by me as a part of Blog-a-Ton 59; the fifty-ninth edition of the online marathon of Bloggers; where we decide and we write. In association with IndiCreator. For Creators. By Creators.. Share Your #LockdownTales at indicreator.com
Lockdown and the corona pandemic has taken a toll on everybody. Rich or poor, nobody is spared by the corona, and this has turned out to be an equalizer as money can not ensure vaccine or early cure of the virus. In fact, if this crisis continued for a longer time, it can affect the entire human race. Today, the entire country and the world might not be in the lockdown but it continues to feel like till we return to normalcy.
Bear-hug your friendAre you not missing that hug from your close friends? Nobody ever imagined a greeting without a handshake or a hug. The greeting which symbolizes the closeness of emotions with the person. This bear hug is very important to eliminate the emotional distancing that is accompanying the social one.
Drive to a hill station/beach
Would you like to drive to a hill station or to a beach with your family? Enroute, you will again, as earlier times, enjoy the desi Indian dhaba food. The delicious, finger-licking and mouthwatering food will pamper and rejuvenate you.
Hill stations and beaches will take away that feeling of confinement of your home, and you will enjoy the cleanest and purest nature that you may have never seen in the past. Why? Because one of the biggest positives of this epidemic is the cleansing of environment.
Do Shopping in the mall
Would you like to do a window shopping in the mall? Yes maybe you should, even if you prefer online, at least feel that you belong to this place to this community. Nostalgia would be all over you the moment you enter the shops that always have those favorite collection of dresses and shoes.
Visit your parents home
A lot of us work in different cities away from our parents and native place. It might be the best thing to do after a long gap. A meeting after a long time would make you relive those childhood memories with your parents. You could again feel that protectiveness as you would enter your home.
Adopt Minimalistic lifestyle
This lock-down has helped us to break that mental rut that we could not survive without household helps, and not only that, but we by ourselves can do many other things. If we reflect upon the lock-down, we would realize that we do not use so many things at our home. I think it would be the best time to rethink about your lifestyle and what all new habits you should take and the older ones to leave in the corona time. Minimalistic living thus should be the last one in this list to adopt right after the pandemic is over.But, unfortunately, as per the current scenario- “Dilli is far far away”. We don’t know the end but the best way to utilize this time, apart from creating #Lockdowntales for future, is to reflect about yourself and decide what permanent changes you would bring during and after #lockdown.
Pl also read the post “The Covid Impact” which talks about the probable impact of COVID-19 to the entire human race.
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That's very true. COVID19 changed her lifestyle a lot. I agree with you on most of the items listed here. Bear-hug is surely on my list!
ReplyDeleteHere's my take on the topic - Love In The Time Of Virus: The Lockdown And Thereafter
Someone is Special
@Someone is special
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot..
I will be reading yours for sure...
Hello Chetan,
ReplyDeleteIt is so difficult to write a simple post. Your post is such a joy to read and reminds us of things that we already know but keep forgetting. I loved your 5th point the most - minimalistic.
I personally think that once all this is fixed, within 5 months life will be back to the way it was. I don't mean that in a negative way. But I think humans have that strength to move on (sometimes without learning lessons).
Thank you for writing.
Kshitij
Hi Kshitij
ReplyDeleteThank you for such a lovely comment.You made my day. Thanks a lot:)
I hope your estimate becomes true and things get back to normal in 5 months...and yes I agree on last point sometimes without learning lessons.
Happy Reading and Writing :)
Chetan, each of the points is so apt.
ReplyDeleteWell, I am lucky that my parents stay with me. The thing or things I miss the most from this list are hills and beaches. I am such a traveller, and take at least three vacations every year with hills, beaches or ruins being my priority destinations. This year: zilch!
And yes, the last point. This lockdown I've turned into a cook, AC service guy and what not.
Appreciate your matter-of-fact approach towards the topic. All the best.
Here's my take on the lockdown:
Unfinished work left in our bags
I liked your wish-list. The most I miss is traveling. Will we be able to do these things in 2020? In 2021? Keeping fingers crossed. But it is nice to even think about such simple joys of life. Thanks for keeping the hope and bringing the smile :-)
ReplyDeleteChetan, a very realistic post and I can very well relate to each one of it mentioned here, missing touch, cost cutting, drive anywhere you like....don't know when, but longing for these things. A very different take on the topic, yet so convincing.
ReplyDeleteDear Chetan,
ReplyDeleteReading your post was like a conversation between two pals!
These pointers fit so well for the coming days, Hugging and Minimalism have been on my list for long.. infact all of these are therapeutic! I'm sure a new way of living lies ahead of us.. :)
Thanks for writing such a beautiful post!
All the best for BAT 59!
Regards' Megha.
so much expressed in simple words. Amazing.
ReplyDelete@Vipul
ReplyDeleteI am happy that you liked the post and can relate to it :)
Will be reading your take
Thanks:)
@Aativas
ReplyDeleteCan't say if we will be be able to do it in 2021, as you said fingers crossed..
Thanks a lot for a nice comment :)
@Cherry blossom
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot, and am happy that you can relate to it...
Happy Reading:)
Dear Megha
ReplyDelete"All of these are therapeutic" I liked it:)
Hugging and minimalism also top the list for me...Thanks for the nice comment:)
@the factfiction
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot :)
Giving me close pals a bear hug is definitely on my list too, as is shopping, travelling .. The lockdown has taught us the importance of so many things.Very well written.
ReplyDeleteAll the best !
Hmm.... Travel, yes. Very much. Dying to actually. Now you got me hoping for a tomorrow where the virus is no more a hindrance
ReplyDelete@Smita
ReplyDeleteThanks Smita , yes the importance of the otherwise unimportant is in limelight...
@unknownshri
ReplyDeleteI am not that a traveller, but these days I yearn for it...
Thanks a lot..:)
I completely agree with your last point of living a minimalistic lifestyle. I was lockdown with my parents so might not visit them soon, they agree with that too.
ReplyDelete@Siddhesh Kabe
ReplyDeleteThanks ...minimalistic lifestyle is the need of the hour..
Thanks for reading :)