Things I Miss from Covid · 8:30pm Apr 22nd, 2022
I realize that title sounds a bit strange, or maybe even upsetting. Just bear with me for a moment. There were good things about the Covid-year, by which I mean 2020.
Yes, I know that Covid-19 isn’t gone yet. It’s still sweeping through places—even my hometown—leaving pain and sadness in its wake. We’re still not through this. Not entirely.
But a lot of people are content to pretend that we are. And while there are good reasons for the pandemic to be over … there are bad ones as well.
Yesterday, I was out for a bike ride. Long-time readers know that I’m a regular bike rider. I live near a river trail that runs through a good chunk of the city I live in, and it’s a great way to get some fresh air and exercise.
But I noticed something as I was shooting along this trail. Something that took my brain back to some comments I’d made during 2020, at the height of lockdown. See, this trail takes its course past several very nice parks, each of which has playground equipment such as swings and slides.
And I noticed, with a bit of sadness, that a decent amount of this equipment was, in the early evening, unused.
The growth in telework is also a plus. If our relationship with our jobs is redefined such that the 4 day workweek is realized, then the pandemic may have almost been worth it.
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Amen and amen, Viking. You got it right: we need to learn to value ourselves and our families over our (uncaring) "jobs".