Living with the Pandemic

If there’s something in the world everyone knows about, then what would it be? Of course the Corona Virus pandemic. I don’t even want to take its name so, I’ll call it, YOU KNOW WHAT (if it’s okay with you). It isn’t as terrifying as YOU KNOW WHO (Voldemort) but I am irritated (everyone is) so much that the short form will be easier. Everyone person knows about it and it is like one of the most famous topics people talk about. I am about to do the same.

The pandemic is one of the most blogged topics currently all over the world (even I’m blogging on it), not only because it’s famous and we can’t get rid of it, but people enjoy reading such blogs. They enjoy it because they don’t have anything to do, and it is of course, informative. I’ll keep this one short because it gets boring later.

In this lockdown, there are positives and negatives. Similarly, in YOU KNOW WHAT there’s positive and negative. But the positives we have in the lockdown are good for us but the positive in the pandemic is no good. I hope you’re understanding what I’m trying to say about the positives and negatives.

So, I’ll talk about the positives and negatives of the lockdown, and I will barely discuss YOU KNOW WHAT. Most people throughout this lockdown, have always been pointing out the negatives but, they don’t see the positives at all. That’s what the problem’s been with everyone in this world. Always pointing at negatives and not even taking a look at the positives. The ones who’ve pointed out the positives, then a BIG THUMBS up for you!

And whatever I’m writing, will apply to mostly everyone because we all are going through the same things!

Positive 1- Spending time with family. That has been the one standout thing throughout this lockdown. We people don’t get enough time to spend with our family, and this is the best time to spend with your family. Mostly we’re busy with our routine (school, college, office, and etcetera) and we hardly get time at with them. It’s essential to spend time with family, and if you’re doing it currently (or do it in regular life also) then I gotta say, I’m impressed (which I’m not usually with people).

Negative 1- The YOU KNOW WHAT and the lockdown. Those too, have been the standout negative pointers. YOU KNOW WHAT has caused a lot of trouble this year, by spreading. And the lockdown is trying to prevent YOU KNOW WHAT from spreading (which it is still unable too). Lockdown is basically a shield trying to protect us from YOU KNOW WHAT (which we never understood), but sadly, it has nearly lost (hope it fights until the very end and of course wins).

Positive 2- Don’t need to go to school, colleges, and office etcetera. Study and work from home, those are the two things that you must’ve heard several times a day. I know it is so much fun not to go to schools and colleges and study from home. But, still, we can’t avoid studying if it would have not been for the online classes. Work from home is even better for the employees because they don’t get many holidays as students do. The workload increases for them but I am sure they will be enjoying their time at home.

Negative 2- The above reason is also a demerit. All of us are enjoying this time with our respective families but the time we spend at school, colleges and offices, etcetera. is very important for us. The concept of online classes and meetings has turned out pretty good but it is not as same as the ones we have in person. This has never happened with me (and I never thought it would) but, honestly, I’m missing school. The feeling of being in school isn’t there in online classes at all. Most of us are so lazy that we don’t like to get up early in the morning for an online school. And of course, there’s a lot of network issues, so this idea turned out okay.

Positive 3- People doing household chores. One of the best positives is people doing household chores. Most people hate doing household chores in regular life; but with nothing much to do in the lockdown, people are helping out with household chores. It’ not only women doing household chores but also men and children helping out. Another reason why this is happening is that maids, servants, etcetera can’t come for work to. But we still take it as one of the positives as people helping themselves out without depending on anybody else.

Negative 3- No jobs, money, and food for poor people. People who work for daily wages have been struggling a lot through this lockdown. With no jobs, they don’t receive their salaries and hence with no money, no food to eat. The government is working hard for people and is also helping them out with financial issues. People have been affected a lot due to this lockdown and will hope that this ends as early as possible. There’s a lot of financial loss for big companies, factories, etcetera. because they can’t manufacture products, or sell them and of course most people are also not buying. But some companies, have gained a lot of success in this period. With a lot of use of masks, sanitizers, etcetera. the companies who manufacture them have earned bug bucks. Digital apps, online streaming, and digital media have also earned a lot with so much usage of digital appliances.

Positive 4- A lot of free time. In this time, we’ve got so much free time that we can learn new things, practice things and so much more. Not only kids but also adults have started learning new things online and also developed new hobbies. I know we can’t play sports or go on treks, but we can play board games or online games with our families around the world. People have learned how to cook and also doing household chores. Children spend most of the time in their online school classes and working adults have their meetings, work etcetera. But in the free time, we can develop so many new hobbies like music, playing, writing, painting and so other things we like. If you want to stay strong and happy in front of YOU KNOW WHAT, then develop new hobbies and stay occupied with something rather than wasting your time thinking when this thing will end.

Negative 4- The SCREEN TIME. With not many things to do, everyone’s screen time is increasing day by time. Screen time increases because of watching a lot of Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hotstar, etcetera; continuously on a social media platform; watching videos on YouTube; chatting with friends and the list is endless. I don’t mean to say that my screen time is very less. Many people have a lot of screen time because they’ve their online classes all day long. We can try and decrease our screen time by reading some physical book instead of an e-book; spending time with family and you can figure out the other things. The point is- that we should have normal screen time and also use electronic appliances in control.

Those all are the positives and negatives of the lockdown from my point of view. There are many but as I said I’ll try to keep this one short. I hope you enjoyed this blog if you relate to the positives and negatives, then write in the comments section. If you want to share your positives and negatives of the lockdown, then you can write it in the comments section. See you next time and until then, Stay Safe and healthy. And of course, fight YOU KNOW WHAT.