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Almost Like Normal
Thoughts on the pre-, during-, and post-covid life
Last Tuesday felt almost normal. I got dressed and put on shoes. I placed a Starbucks order in the app before I left the house. I picked up said order on my way to work. Several of us in the office today even did a group order from ClusterTruck — our favorite local delivery place. The four of us that could fit in one conference room at appropriate social distance from one another even ate together. Like I said, almost like normal.
I was thinking about the idea of “getting back to normal” as I got home that night and ran across this video from Jimmy Fallon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CjlsQYNV_8
I have to be completely honest that I don’t necessarily want the pre-covid version of normal back. I also don’t want in-covid normal. So, as we start to transition through this phase of the covid pandemic and dip our toes in the waters of “new normal” I ask you to pause and think about what you won’t let back in and what you’ll invite to stay?
Here are a few things that are on my list that I don’t want to let back in my life. These are things that just don’t seem legitimate to me now that I’ve worked from home and been in near quarantine for four months.
- Going to the office five days a week. I love my…
