As we live through this World Wide Virus that is claiming so many lives. We must realize that life Has Forever Changed.
It is not just the quarantine that is being imposed upon us at this time, we will forever question if we really want to be with a crowd of people as well as many other things from our past.
Perhaps we started questioning that a couple of years ago when people enjoying themselves in groups started getting killed by crazed shooters and fires. Perhaps it did not dawn on us until now when we can see just how deadly and fast something like a virus can spread across the world.
Regardless of how it happened, going forward from here we will question how many contacts with other people we have never met that we will be comfortable with. for many people, it might not matter but for others such as myself, there will always be the question “Do I really have a pressing reason to do this?”
Social Inner action will be limited to smaller groups. The governments will tighten the control over us that they already have. It will be harder to travel between states or visit other countries. There will be tighter “proof of Good Health Requirements” before you can get on the trains, planes, ships, and busses.
However you want to look at it, like it or not, George Orwell’s “1984” has arrived in the year 2020. A little late but it is here now. We are being lead to believe that all the changes the governments are making are for our own good. You might want to question that a little. The governments are greedy when it comes to controlling their citizens. They feel the more control – the better. There will be some good changes for sure but there will also be changes that before long we will look back on and ask ourselves how we let that happen.
The challenge that lies ahead now is for each of us to plan on ways we can carve out a future that we can not only live with but one that we can enjoy. Some of the things to think about while we are quarantined are listed below. It is not a complete list but it is a starting point.
Perhaps it will be better to party in a home with family and friends. Watch sports games on the television instead of going to the event where there are large crowds. Have cookouts more often. Finding other ways to entertain family and friends without being exposed to the crowds. In short, creating our own small community of like-minded family and friends. While we are at it, perhaps it is the time to get to know the people that live on the right and left of us. Each block or apartment complex can create their own “block watch” where we keep an eye out for others living near us. There might just be some untapped friendships hidden there just waiting to be discovered.
Can you plant your own garden? If you have not planted anything in a while, start small. a couple of herbs, some heirloom tomatoes, perhaps one cucumber vine, etc. First, you will rediscover just how good homegrown produce like tomatoes taste, and second, it can save you money and a trip to the store when you have a great salad growing in your yard or on a window sill.
It is time to give up the fast-food meals with their lack of nutritional value and return to eating fresh whole foods to support our bodies and brains. That might be a major adjustment for some but once you find how good fresh food can be, the make-believe burgers will become a thing of the past.
I can help along the lines of tasty recipes you can make at home and I will post more and more of them as we go forward. My personal choice is more keto-based however, my wife does not follow keto so her foods are sprinkled with a little more starch than mine. I will share both types of recipes. Often you will not be able to tell it is keto because it is so good.
We also need to keep moving even while we “Stay at Home” and avoid social contact with others. That does not mean we can not get out and walk. If you can not walk in comfort outside your house perhaps you can walk inside. I often walk at 4 a.m. through the front room to the kitchen and back. It is too dark outside at that hour but I want to keep the body moving and I have a goal of 7500 steps a day so that walk helps. I am sure you can find a way to keep moving near home until you can get back to the parks and trails we enjoy.
Yes, Life Has Forever Changed and we will all be a little different from this point going forward. We can make it an exciting adventure we enjoy or we can sit around complaining about how bad things are and wishing for “The Good Old Days” but those days are not coming back so let’s make the best of what this new world has to offer.
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