(Almost) back to (new) normal
Back here in my city, things got a bit loose. In terms of security, people are still guarding up; schools are still closed, many shops as well; the government is still doing their checkpoints temperature measurement on many city borders. But people are tired of being confined at home, they embrace the new normal anyway.
More and more people go to work, the traffic is just getting messier and more crowded. Though some malls are closed, those which are open see people come and go in stable number, meaning that their places are never empty. Almost everybody I see wear face mask, those who don't are maybe those who feel the most tired about this pandemic out of all.
In my case, being away from the people that intensify your joy and happiness is the toughest. Not knowing when we will be able to see, to hold and hug each other again is very hard. I can conjure my own happiness by doing things that I enjoy, if not love. Yet, without the physical presence of those who encourage you without being asked, is a loss I can never be able to make peace with.
The feeling of an open hole, the emptiness, the loneliness, is really prone to develop into mental health issues. Sometimes we need to acknowledge our sadness but I cannot spend my daily life mourning, crying or being blue all the time because I can't see people that I love. I know that I feel really burnt out about it but I try to focus on living and surviving this uncertain time by doing things as if I still meet them regularly.
I hope I can survive until this pandemic is over, or until the society is getting over this pandemic and decide to live life like usual with more caution