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Are You Prepared for Post-Covid Life?

When 2020 began, no one had imagined this year will turn out like this.

At 12.00 am on Jan 1, we seem to have entered a different realm or dimension. The Advanced Level of some Jumanji-like game!

COVID -19 has swamped our lives and left us shaken, tormented and gasping for breath (literally).

This year we have almost bidden goodbye to travelling for leisure, watching movies in multiplexes, eating out, strolling around window shopping in malls, grooving in nightclubs, cheering at the stadium, etc. etc. Life will never be the same again, that's for sure.

So what are you doing to up your game? Are you ready for the post-COVID life?

You need to be prepared to do a lot of unlearning, both emotionally and physically. Wanna know what all to unlearn?


  • Nothing in life is permanent or secure - relationships, jobs, financial standing, mental peace, good health -  all come with an expiry date. 
  • No man or woman is an island. We need each other - physically or virtually.
Source: Google
  • Mindless buying or indiscriminate consumerism doesn't add any value. It drains our coffers instead. Who is bothered about dressing up or buying expensive make-up when you have to spend most of your life at home?
  • Life is more than the trip pictures you post on Instagram or Facebook. Nobody is interested in knowing about how you blew your millions any more. Share how you helped someone instead.
  • You don't need to keep proving your worth by building your virtual persona. It's okay to hibernate. It is even better to acknowledge that you are a flawed person. Failure is okay.

  • Drawing boundary lines to protect your privacy is not bad, even with near and dear ones.  Staying together 24/7 brings out the worst in us. You need to isolate occasionally to find yourself.
  • Mental illness doesn't happen only to remote people. It's right there in your home/life.
  • Education exists outside schools. You can learn anything anywhere.
  • The corner shopkeeper, the watchman, your cook, your presswallah can teach you more about survival, business and enterprise than any management book can.
  • Empathy and compassion are not weaknesses. They are unbeatable strengths one can have. Survival skills, in fact.

Unlearning will help you adapt. Unlearning will help you find solace. And finally, unlearning will help you survive this new normal.

#PostCovidLife #SurvivingCorona #NewNormal

Would you like to add anything to this?


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You can check out my previous blog on COVID here:

https://barnaliviews.blogspot.com/2020/04/5-ways-of-keeping-calm-in-tough-times.html




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