Pandemic effect

I like your point. This is so true, we really have a lot to learn and we really should learn from this pandemic. And during these times, I am able to appreciate a lot of things that I didn't notice then when I was busy hustling on my job. This pandemic made me stay home and work remotely, and while I'm on this setup, I am able to give more time for my family, and for myself. I discovered new hobbies that I didn't know I'd be able to enjoy.

@jainaproudmoore Yes, there is much we can learn and much we can do in spite of the difficulties and we have more time to think about the more serious things in life.

@kanuck1 celebrations are affected, I hope things will be better in the coming year

Looks like masks will be here for quite some time if that's the case. So much has happened in a span of a year. I'm really rooting for the vaccine to work. It's not the cure, but at least it'll flatten the curve. I hope to be able to wake up one day doing the same routine as before this pandemic broke.

@jainaproudmoore As I was getting to my email on yahoo news horrible news I found!!!

@oahuwriter oh, gosh! Things are getting really serious. Holidays are getting affected.

@jainaproudmoore Hopefully we will learn from this historically we have had similar issues before in 1918 spanish flu pandemic. We got away that one but again similar circumstances are happening again. I think this is a century cycle of things.

We most definitely will learn a lot of lessons from this. There are so much abrupt changes that transpired and some of them aren't that easy to bear for some. And when all these will be over, we will have so much to share to our future descendants.

I used to be really exposed outside due to work that I decided not to hug and kiss my nephews as I'm afraid of getting and passing this invisible enemy which is the virus. Now that we have been mandated to just work remotely, I am confident in hugging and kissing my nephews again. I used to be really big on travelling. But, yes, like you said, travel money is now channeled elsewhere. As for online schooling, I am on online schooling for my second course. It's not new to me, but online schooling for elementary school kids is quite a challenge for working moms. I don't have kids on my own, but I look after my nephews' during their online class as their parents aren't on a remote work setup. Plenty of things to adjust on, but we're starting to get used to it. I also think in-person learning is much suitable for kids, but online learning makes us even more creative in teaching the kids.

@jainaproudmoore I hope that these vaccines would not give adverse effects on people. I read an article that some people who were vaccinated are experiencing allergic reactions.

So much has changed in just a span of less than a year because of this pandemic. I hope the vaccines really works, because it's something that has been formulated/developed in just a span of few months wherein most vaccines takes years of study. Nonetheless, I'm still rooting for it to work. I can't wait to go back to those times where we can move around freely.

Some of the good things, I guess, is like we're going back to basics, like staying home more often and we are able to bond with our family. We also get more time to give to ourselves and open opportunities for ourselves to build more hobbies.

@jainaproudmoore you are right! tha is the positive sides

True, I hope things will be better in the coming year because a lot has changed and it affected our lives dramatically.