Stop Waiting for “Normal” Life to Resume

What to do if you’ve hit “pause” since the pandemic started

Logan Beddes

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Photo by María Julia Martínez on Unsplash

If you’re like me, 2020 has completely turned my life upside-down. In March I felt like my life was put on hold. I paused everything as my school, work, and ultimately my life, got flipped on its head. Normal went out of the window, and I went into survival mode. I stopped writing, I quit most of my extra hobbies and activities, and I bunkered down on school and work. In some ways it’s been good for me — I’ve been able to analyze my goals and motives and opinions in ways that I wouldn’t have been able to otherwise.

I would say that I’m adjusted now to the new way we do things, yet I’m still in survival mode in a lot of ways. I haven’t really added anything I considered normal back into my life. If you are in the same boat, why? Why haven’t you gone back to your normal routines? Are they really being disrupted by aspects of the pandemic?

Most likely, this is not the case. With a few adjustments, most activities have resumed in some form. With a few exceptions, most people can’t 100% blame the pandemic at this point. So what happened? Maybe you just got out of practice, the pandemic threw off your groove. For me, I’ve realized that I have been waiting for life to return to what I consider “normal” before returning to my normal…

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Logan Beddes

Student • Writer • Equality • Productivity • Health & Wellness