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Sometimes I think back to the very beginning of Covid and how it was, for me, a peaceful time. Everything slowed down, online gaming parties with friends were the only social activity you could do. Walking outside was so peaceful due to lack of cars and the few people that were outside were very friendly. It really felt like things were getting rough but at the same time as if thing were about to change in a positive way.
I think it lasted three, maybe four weeks and then everything went to shit permanently. For healthcare workers it went to shit right away. 25 thousand people died in The Netherlands (confirmed to be Covid, probably higher and some other people died due to the chaos surrounding covid). I think about that period from time to time. And it makes me sad.
The cars, man. It's a much more lite version compared to the COVID days, but during holiday season when a lot of people are away and there's less cars everywhere it's so peaceful to be able to walk around the neighborhood and hear my own thoughts instead of constant traffic noises. At least for a few days it feels like I am not a second class citizen in a city built for cars. It's so refreshing while it lasts.
I was living in Florida at the time. I remember riding my bike home from work the day of the "shut down" and the only difference was cop cars just sitting around everywhere. Next day they were gone and nothing ever happened.
It was a total joke lmfao. No wonder I got COVID three times while living there.
Honestly the covid was the best year of my life. The government dumped a lot of free money on workers here. My partner and I basically got to live like we would if we were 4x as wealthy, and worked 1/4 as much. The grocery stores all started doing home delivery which is amazing for a person who doesn't drive. We had just moved so we didn't have any friends in the area anyway and we aren't really social so we didn't miss out on anything.
I kinda relate on the feeling of it in the beginning. When things were shutting down, I don't know if I'd say I was happier exactly but I got way more productive in a way that flies in the face of mentalities that would claim scare pressure is needed or people won't do things. It felt like a lot of pressure I had on myself was temporarily lifted and I did like a draft of a novel, some game project. Idk, it's a weird thing. I often feel like time is running out in one way or another, but for that brief period, it felt like I had time and I used it. Maybe some of it was the slowing down feel of things like you mention. I do tend to think the high speed internet / telecomm tech aspect of things has made people more angsty in relation to time, but the number of hours in the day hasn't changed. The main difference is it's easier to ping somebody instantly from anywhere and it's easier to burn time with engrossing distractions like internet content.