Ronni
Well-known Member
- Location
- Nashville TN
Beginning of March is when I first started quarantining, and between then and now, my approach to Covid, my opinions about it, my protocols in response to it, have changed.
It's not because I've gotten lax or complacent. It's not because I'm any less afraid or freaked out or anxious. It's not because I consider it any less of a threat, any less lethal. If anything, I'm MORE concerned about it now, because of the experiences of some who've "recovered" and yet are left with debilitating health issues.
My response to Covid now is no less cautious than it was back in March. But it's different too, because the information has changed as the research has uncovered new information. As I've learned about it, I've been able to hone my focus, and think with what's most crucial to me and mine, in our particular set of circumstances.
This virus is going to be around for a long time. I've stopped just "waiting"...... waiting for it to be over, waiting till there's an antidote or a vaccine, waiting till we know more. I'm learning how to LIVE with the threat, how to live side by side with it, giving it space, not getting up close and personal, but continuing to live my life around it. I'm not taking risks, but I'm no longer cowering in fear anymore either! I'm adjusting, changing routines, finding my new normal.
I don't want to die from Covid. But I'm also 67 years old, no guarantees I'll live till I'm 68 or even till tomorrow! So I want to use every minute I have left to enjoy life as much as possible, wring every bit of happiness and fun out of it that I can. I don't want to live what's left of my life in waiting, in fear, while time passes and I'm just in a sort of suspended animation.
I don't want to die while I'm still waiting to live.
It's not because I've gotten lax or complacent. It's not because I'm any less afraid or freaked out or anxious. It's not because I consider it any less of a threat, any less lethal. If anything, I'm MORE concerned about it now, because of the experiences of some who've "recovered" and yet are left with debilitating health issues.
My response to Covid now is no less cautious than it was back in March. But it's different too, because the information has changed as the research has uncovered new information. As I've learned about it, I've been able to hone my focus, and think with what's most crucial to me and mine, in our particular set of circumstances.
This virus is going to be around for a long time. I've stopped just "waiting"...... waiting for it to be over, waiting till there's an antidote or a vaccine, waiting till we know more. I'm learning how to LIVE with the threat, how to live side by side with it, giving it space, not getting up close and personal, but continuing to live my life around it. I'm not taking risks, but I'm no longer cowering in fear anymore either! I'm adjusting, changing routines, finding my new normal.
I don't want to die from Covid. But I'm also 67 years old, no guarantees I'll live till I'm 68 or even till tomorrow! So I want to use every minute I have left to enjoy life as much as possible, wring every bit of happiness and fun out of it that I can. I don't want to live what's left of my life in waiting, in fear, while time passes and I'm just in a sort of suspended animation.
I don't want to die while I'm still waiting to live.