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Day 59 - Wednesday 13th May 2020

Location: London, UK

COVID-19 / Coronavirus Outbreak


Lockdown
We haven't yet had the chance to mourn what we have lost.
I heard someone say that on one of my regular podcasts I listen to the other day and it really struck me, because I think it's true.

For most people we have been in a kind of bubble for the past 7 weeks and it's only been a bit of a theory about what has changed.  But as we dip our toes trepidatiously back into the real world, I think it will become far clearer what it is we have lost.

Everything happened at such speed that there was no time to prepare for it - which is why people went crazy with the panic buying - but also no chance to steady ourselves mentally.  Every element of our daily lives was altered - shopping, socialising, exercise, entertainment, holidays.  We didn't have time to process these small and great loses of freedom and choice. Life changed in an afternoon.

So I think that now we will enter into a second period of grief.  The first was short and sharp - a reaction to the shock.  This one will be longer and duller.

Not terribly happy note to end on, so if you haven't seen it, this is great:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGg_6CAfJCw

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