Thedewsperspective

What are some activities birthed during the pandemic that you miss doing today?

Prior to the stoppage of the world, I, like so many others, was always busy.  Busy working.  Busy thinking.  Busy doing.  Busy not doing.  Which technically is procrastination.  The point I’m attempting to make is that I was always busy doing something.  Then the world stopped.  We were locked in our homes for months.  Contact with people outside of your home was discouraged and limited at most.  We were left to find ways to entertain ourselves.  We had to intentionally engage our loved ones we resided with.  We worked from home.  We had food delivered to us.  But even in the midst of the unknown, there was a piece of serenity in the chaos.  If you chose to discover it.

Obviously, there were tragedies that occurred during the pandemic.  People loss their lives.  Loved ones were impacted in ways that they may never recover from.  The lack of socialization caused some irreversible damage to people.  As an Educator I can truly say, virtual learning wasn’t beneficial to the masses.  After the pandemic, many students returned to school in more dire need than before the pandemic.  It was definitely a tough time.

During those tough times, I was forced to slow down.  We were forced to slow down.  I remember coloring with my wife and daughter.  We created vision boards together.  Our board games were removed from storage and the dust was blown off.  We played cards.  We ate dinner together, in the same room, at the same table.  After blessing our food.  We found shows that we enjoyed watching together.  We talked more.  We laughed more.  We were in each other’s company more.  And it was love.

When we needed time to ourselves, we reverted back to our respective spaces with electronics in tow.  We allowed each other that necessary individual time.  I watched YouTube and used my phone to view what I wanted. My wife and daughter watched what they wanted in their designated area at home.  Sometimes we were individually occupied on our phones while in each other’s company.  And there was still a sense of togetherness. 

I miss watching VERZUZ with my family.  I miss partying with DJ D-Nice on social media.  Joining all of the celebrities who were on the app leaving comments with fire emojis. My wife and I actually had date nights, like we were really at the club with DJ D-Nice.  Smiling, laughing, dancing, and drinking.  We turned our living room into a club.  We tuned into DJ Cassidy’s show regularly.  Musically they were doing things that none of us had ever foreseen.  It was an incredible time.  I love sneakers. I miss the impromptu, yet engaging sneaker battles. These battles were between Hip Hop luminaries like Fat Joe, Jim Jones, and countless others.  If you hadn’t had the experience prior, it was mandatory that you turned your house into a home. 

Five years removed from the stoppage of the world, and times are back to abnormal.  I mean normal.  I guess.  Life is back to business.  Busy working.  Busy thinking.  Busy doing.  Busy not doing.  Which technically is procrastination.  Although, from that time, I miss the quietness.  And the intentionality.  The rest.  The family time.  Just some of the things I miss from the pandemic. 

Are there any things you miss doing from the pandemic?