This lockdown has been a learning phase for everyone. Everyday seems like just another Sunday which does not seem like a relaxation now. There used to be a time when we all just wished for a Sunday everyday but now when we all have got that we just want our normal lives back. I personally want to go back to school and meet my friends even if that means getting scold everyday from teachers because that seems like a big privilege now.
I for one am an ardent fan of street food and used to eat that almost everyday with my friends after my evening tuitions. I haven’t had bite of that for a long time now and I am not actually missing it as much as I thought I would be when the first lockdown started. Now that everything is not readily available I have learnt to live with less, not just me this lockdown has taught people to live with less, now less is more.
Many have picked new hobbies in this time and and many have continued with their old ones. I have picked chess as a new sport and hobby for me and all I think now is about chess, I never thought that it can be a really interesting sport. Given the situation I observed that chess is the only sport which is still going on throughout the world. The matches are still being played online and it’s been really fun watching them and following chess. It has taught me patience. In fact lockdown has taught us that patience is really important because it looked like patience was a lost virtue.
This lockdown has taught me that I can’t take anything for granted now. Our lives will never be the same after this. There might be not a lockdown forever but it’s effect is gonna be there for a long time, people won’t be able to meet and greet each other the same way we used to. Our social interactions are gonna be affected. The restaurants and bars are still going to be there but the way they used to work its gonna be different.
The most important thing the lockdown has taught as an Indian is the importance of a good balcony.
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