New Time

Of all the things COVID-19 has taken from us, there's 1 very valuable thing it has given us back.

Time.

Time to spend at home. Time to reflect.

Over the past few decades, we've continuously ramped up our need to stay busier and busier. As if constant white water were the key to success. And all the 'Hustle Gurus' would keep adulating working 18 hour days and sleeping 3 hours a night.

It's given us time to reflect. To read. To talk more with one another.

Yes, we could still get lost in the endless media feed. But I would encourage everyone to take some of this downtime to enjoy some quiet (if possible with your living situation.) Sit and read together, read to each other. (If you don't have books, Google Folklore or Mythology. There's tons of free stuff.)

Play an instrument. Sing. Exercise.

This extra time we can better ourselves, enjoy time in our own skin and in our own homes.

I feel like in the bustle of this age, we have such precious little time to enjoy these things. I'm not making light of all the negative ways this is affecting people right now. But I'd like us to take this moment to, so much negative aside, be grateful for this opportunity to not be running at mach speed for a few weeks.

Any maybe after this, we might have more opportunities to enjoy a slight slowing of pace. Times of reflection, times of conversation, times of self betterment.

I think I miss a slightly slower pace. I know I'm not alone. I feel, think and believe that the constant sprinting that certain careers and lifestyles demand just aren't healthy. Mentally, physically, or emotionally.

I hope that this may shift some priorities, and perhaps even force some different business practices in the long run. That perhaps we can find and create opportunities to cultivate and enjoy the one resource we cannot renew nor increase: Time.