This week I decided that I am not going to stress myself out by feeling obliged to post something in this special journal every single day.
So I am just going to make journal entries when I have something to say.
In my mind I have slowly sorted out why all people are not just happy go lucky at home, enjoying the abundance of free time. On Tuesday I wrote this:
I think a few very abnormal factors work together to cause havoc in people’s existence:
- The insecurity about the future, short and long term, is in every thought and every conversation. It is an inescapable part of EVERYBODY’s life. This is not normal for a human being, especially not experiencing it non-stop.
- We are social animals that need human touch and face to face interaction – even introverts. We are deprived of most of that and it goes against our very nature.
- Sub-consciously we all know that there is a very real possibility that any one of us can imminently be affected by this pandemic in a few very severe ways:
- We can become sick ourselves or loved ones can become sick (with no hospital visits allowed when we need it most),
- We can lose loved ones or acquaintances to death, or we can die ourselves,
- We can face practical problems like a lack of money or food or a roof over our heads, and
- We have or can lose our jobs.
And all of this is what I see in a “developed” country. It is much worse in places like southern Africa, where huge parts of the population belong to the informal sector.
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