A new personal covid normal

The lockdown was over! Now we could leave the house for any reason we chose! I had my list of things to do; my first list in 100 days. One task on the list was to buy a paper for mum. After having bought the paper, I was on my way back to the car when I noticed a sense of hurriedness within me. “Funny,” I thought, “I haven’t felt that sensation for quite a while.” Then a question floated into my mind: “Do I need to hurry? Or, can I now take into daily life something of the unrushed sense experienced during the lockdown?” In response, I consciously slowed my pace down.

Back at the car I began to consider the notion that as well as now living a new community covid normal, perhaps I could also live into a new personal covid normal. Having experienced a lockdown pause, perhaps I could now let something of the experience of a slower, simpler pace of life continue to shape my daily living post lockdown.