While it is not as strict as the circuit breaker in 2020, since this time around shops remain open and we are allowed to socialize in groups of two, it is still a calibration on this long journey where the destination is unclear.
I often ask myself, “Where exactly are we heading?” Do we want to return to where it was before this whole pandemic started? Can we even get back to those days? Do we even want things to be like what it was? Or what do we hope to achieve? What kind of future do we envisage for ourselves? Surely it has to be a constant journey of reinvention through innovation as we manoeuvre our way through hazy (and crazy) times.
It also dawned on me that by the time it is safe to check into du Cap for summer holiday without any quarantine whatsoever, our faces and bodies will be a few years older, pre-Covid-19, and we would have lost a few ‘beach-body-ready’ years and the sad irony. Most of us are actively working out during these grounded Covid-19 times, getting fitter and buffer than ever, only to hide that ‘new’ bod under loungewear, while staying home, watching TV and ordering takeouts. Looking ‘our best’ in the worst of times! Oh well, c’est la vie.
Whether it’s the best or worst of times, time and tide wait for no man. We have to move along with the times. So how do we keep track of our progress? What are the yardsticks to use as barometers of change?
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