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Has the pandemic changed you?

I use to be a get up and go type of person. Then the pandemic hit us. First it was the lockdowns. Then stores just were not open. When they finally did open I was scared of getting the disease so I stayed away. I started sitting home more and streaming TV. Now two and a half years later I just want to sit in my recliner. No need to do whatever today. I'll get to that tomorrow or the next day. I never use to be like this.

Currently I need to clean the interior of the RV. We live in hurricane ally and September is the most active month of hurricane season. Whenever they have one forecasted to hit us we load the RV and leave town. Sadly my wife has had some health issues and we haven't used the RV since last October. Normally we take the RV out a couple of times a month so the interior gets cleaned regularly, but not this past year. The exterior has been washed and waxed. The chassis has been serviced. Now I just need to do the interior. For some reason I have been putting it off for a couple of weeks now. I seem to have lost my get up and go since the pandemic. Has this happened to anyone else?
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Graylight · 51-55, F
Man is a lazy animal. Some in lockdown had protracted periods of isolation and could've done literally anything - learn an instrument or language, start a volunteer group or reading circle. Create a job, even. But we learned how to make sourdough starter, a talent about half a percent will ever use again.

The point is, an object tend to stay at rest until operate on by force. That force here is "acting as if." Don't do things because you enjoy them if that's not possible yet ; do them because it's the functional, productive thing to do. For the sense of accomplishment at having done anything good. It'll take time, but I think you'll find your soul awakening again. Yes, everyone I talks to can talk about how hard this pandemic has been for them. We all have to learn to be communicative, social and civil again; what a good chance to polish our skills.
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