This shared experience will have consequences far in the future. We are not yet out of the maze of restrictions , it feels like it is slowly fading away, we are left pondering about 2 years of a strange life, it feels like coming out of a war , but without the joy and jubilations one sees at the end of a war. It is a bitter sweet sensation , this nightmare ends but what is next ? How do we go back to our previous lives?
During a war there is an enemy that we all want to defeat , it kind of gives purpose , but the sacrifices we made were not justified nor were they necessary .
The change has been extreme and the ending euphoria will be limited. The payoff after such a heavy sacrifice will be muted. Or put better, the cathartic feelings will be extended over a longer period as we normalize our social lives. I am a big believer that a Roaring '20s scenario will fail to materialize in the way that many have predicted.
That said, there is a lot to celebrate. And we will find that pathway to collective joy, it may just take a lot longer than we all hoped.
This shared experience will have consequences far in the future. We are not yet out of the maze of restrictions , it feels like it is slowly fading away, we are left pondering about 2 years of a strange life, it feels like coming out of a war , but without the joy and jubilations one sees at the end of a war. It is a bitter sweet sensation , this nightmare ends but what is next ? How do we go back to our previous lives?
During a war there is an enemy that we all want to defeat , it kind of gives purpose , but the sacrifices we made were not justified nor were they necessary .
It's true.
The change has been extreme and the ending euphoria will be limited. The payoff after such a heavy sacrifice will be muted. Or put better, the cathartic feelings will be extended over a longer period as we normalize our social lives. I am a big believer that a Roaring '20s scenario will fail to materialize in the way that many have predicted.
That said, there is a lot to celebrate. And we will find that pathway to collective joy, it may just take a lot longer than we all hoped.