Coronavirus: Crisis and Curiosity

When the pandemic started getting widespread, I observed that people began reverting back to hobbies that were abandoned or forgotten. But now that we are showing signs of improvement(at least here in Australia), where does that leave all the sourdough fanatics and avid gardeners? Is “back to work” synonymous with “no time for hobbies”? Will the 9-5 leave no room to enjoy the small things or are we on the verge of a shift, has this global crisis caused us to reconsider the way we live and what will happen?

These are questions I don’t know the answer to, at least not yet, but what I can show is that this year has had a greater focus on mental health, peaceful living and general well-being. Self care was the biggest trend of 2020 and I had never seen the word “toxic” appear in more than a Material Safety Datasheet Sheet before the last few years. We are becoming more mindful and we are caring about, learning and making things. So aside from the ever looming threat if a pandemic, what’s changed?

You got it. Time. We were given back the hours spent in traffic, and we flourished. It was the minutes to pause, reflect and understand ourselves that ultimately improved us and I hope we can hold on to those minutes and bring about true change, not only in the way we do our work but how we live, and how we can secure our precious world for the future.