It's been 4 years since covid started and all of us went into the first lockdown (24 March 2020). I just thought of this while making another post, and this has actually taken me aback. It was such a crazy time, and now it's just long gone.
We got a lot of time to be home, to be around loved ones, most of us are privileged and hence Covid wasn't bad at all. We were mostly making Dalgona Coffee, sourdough bread, playing PUBG, watching movies, etc.
A lot of us also lost loved ones. It was really brutal for those who did. And it was always scary for the rest of us.
Most of us who have been in tech saw our salaries climb the fastest. The absolute peak job market, best hikes, the world was very positive in that sense - not as much work and enough pay to enjoy
The biggest thing I've noticed: Covid got me hooked to Instagram/YT Shorts/and other social media. I feel like I used to be more aware and awake before covid. Somehow, a lot of exposure to social media/content etc. has made me just very zoned out in life. I think a lot of us have a much shorter attention span.
IDK if this is true, but certainly feels like it is true.
Just penning this down because I'm genuinely tripping how long it's been.
Pre & Post Covid me are different person.
I don't know that guy now. And for some reason it looks like a decade has passed by yet the lockdown announcement on news just rings like as if it was yesterday. "bhaiyo beheno ..."
What I miss was empty roads. Blue skies of Delhi and pin-drop silence 24/7. Only rustling leaves and birds. For a moment the world looked at peace. The sun was fantastic back then.
I am fortunate to be at this end of spectrum as others have disastrous circumstances. One thing I'm noticing since then. The time seems to be running abnormally fast now.
Like zipp! 3 months of 2024 gone.
What I remember-
Watching BR Chopra’s Mahabharat
Washing vegetables with warm saline water for 30-40 mins.
Wearing PPE kit in workplace
Driving on empty roads with essential services sticker on the car
Arranging remdisivir injections for my boss
Playing cards and Jenga
Losing a few schools friends to Covid
Washing hands 20-30 times a day
Since Covid a lot has changed. I was privileged to not have any major impact on mine or my loved ones life.
Since Covid - I became an avid book reader Stopped biting nails Switched and Started earning more
The Paradigm shift, according to me during COVID, was how the interviews were taken. Jumping the company before COVID was a tedious task. During COVID and now, almost everything happens in home on a teams/zoom/Google meet calls and even laptop and other stuffs were shipped directly to home. That is one change I really appreciate and love. Also, I definitely agree with all other positive points shared by OP.
Best part of covid is as a girl I got chance to live with my family because since 8 years was in hostel and then PG, I used to spend time with them like a guest, but now again I will be guest to my own family, ku jana h office rhne do na family k sath
One point to add here : This happens with guys all the same. No hate though.. Had to comment coz it was relatable af
Time flies! I documented the entire lockdown period.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh_P4O7tg-rZQyeY1X9Uz4cMnxiJFC952
I remember me being jobless and trying to get a job while taking care of my unwell mother and my father going to work in the factory via riding a bicycle for almost 8km distance to earn almost 10k pm from which we had to pay 6.6k in rent and rest would be used for my mother's medical expenses and for food expenses...And there she used to scold me that I'm not earning and " Paisa kamane ki akkal nhin h baith k kha rhi h "... I understand that she was unwell and all that stress used to make her more aggressive but still...it hurts when I remember that...I was 19 then yr that time I have not even completed my graduation...yet I was trying my best to get the job and I also succeeded in getting one.
Now I'm really thankful to God that all the struggle my family did was worth it and after all these years of hard work I'm working in EY now and alone able to provide everything to my family and my father feels much more proud, happier, and relaxed now.
I really believe ki " bhgwan takleefein dete h to ladne ki taqat bhi dete hai " and " kuch bohot accha hone ke pehle kuch bohot bura hota h " jisse hmein ummeed milti h ki we're gonna make it.
Seeing people suffer made me donate regularly. Started with 5k per month, now its increased to 20k per month. The God has also increased my earnings.
On a downside, I have become more emotional & sensitive to even the smallest negative things and feeling like I am moving towards death every day.
I still remember I went to barbeque nation on 22nd march and on 24th we got to know that everyone has to leave.
I also remember coming from Trichy to Chennai Airport, everywhere I looked and I found only students. Even when I reached Lucknow airport one policeman asked me, kya hua beta itna sab college ke baccho ko dekh rahe hain. Koi baat hai kya 😅.
Then spent most of the time having fun with my family and also I would enjoy the calmness in environment. It felt like I was in some other place. I just loved that solitude.
Watching Mahabharat and Ramayan with my family was just unexpected.
Fast forward to now, I’m writing this, I still feel lucky that I’m alive right now.
But now, for some reason I feel like time is moving very fast. 2023 gone just like that. 3 months gone in 2024 and I’m like abhi toh shuru hua hai bhai
I sometimes forget why I came to a room 5 mins ago
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