The lockdown period is not the best of times. With this pandemic all around the world, a complete grounding is definitely too much to handle. But the people that we are, absolute wonders of this creation, we always have choices as a boon to our existence. There is a lot we can do even while being grounded. Now we are more connected to social media because it genuinely provides us with the platforms to relieve ourselves of our boredom.
We can proactive or reactive in this situation. Either we bring forth somethings ourselves or we can react to an existing post/event/view. We are already being reactive and sharing our minds and our hearts and there is a lot of consensuses that are being created in the process. This is good because it reveals trends, majorities, misconceptions, truths among the other presents.
My personal suggestion would be venture round the proactive side of actions and thoughts. Now is the time to settle down and reflect on many things –
Am I a writer? Because if I can share my views I can definitely pen down my thoughts together.
Should I be an entrepreneur? Because if I am doing the best in what I do and I get paid well, what doing that best on my own and for my own. Should I give myself a small start to test myself? Let my job be there as it is but may I should take that small walk for my own self.
Should I be a journalist? Because when I pen my views, I make people react and make people share their views too. I am studying for a career already but that does not stop me from spending an hour every day to be a journalist. Maybe I am looking at the best of myself in that hour.
Should I start a small business or a community group? I can do everything. I can drive home logic and bring a smile to a 1-year-old who is crying not even knowing what it wants. When everyone is in lockdown, my kitchen, my laundry, my counselling clinic, my friendship table, my anger management sessions, my operations, my human resource management, my administration, my quality control, my health management, public relations, procurement, finance – all my departments are in full swing – I am a mother, a housewife. Maybe I am depriving the world of my skills.
Should I be a photographer? Because I tend to click the most awesome moments when I am bored and never realised that.
What should I do about my business? Is it doing its best? Should I change anything? Is there something I can do to optimise its operations, optimise its revenue? Have I been a good boss? Have I treated my employees well? DO I need to change anything about myself?
The list would go on and on and suddenly we realise that there is so much to ourselves than we saw within us. We realise our hidden values and talents and suddenly the world sees a great entrepreneur, an awesome social activist, a brilliant photographer, a great businessperson, a mind-blowing consultant and so on.
When we seek our own selves, we suddenly realise, that there is so much that this grounding is giving. There is so much within ourselves that we still need to discover.
Let us start our new individual journeys, our own wayfaring into our worlds of hidden talents and let us feel inspired, potent and accomplished.
Let us make the most of our staying home and doing more than fighting this pandemic. Let us give this world a new breed of humans, professionals, activists, photographers, journalists, politicians, to whatever we wish to contribute to our beautiful world.
Stay Home, Stay Safe, Become Evolved
