Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Losing My Mind - Part 1

The little bugs that are trying to eat my rose buds are wondering, who is this person and why does she need to come and observe us closely seventeen times a day. Food and exercise are limited and limitless at the same time.  Sleep is oblivious of my mind's need to rest. Work from anywhere is challenging because the brain constantly harbours a potpourri of thoughts, fears, plans, worries, hope and hopelessness while surfing through life of existing routines and new abnormal.

The real challenge of the quarantine times is not that there is a lot of time on our hands. Even though it may be the most obvious observation. The real challenge is that there is a lot on our minds.

What do we do to not get sick? How do we know, what we are doing is working? Are we taking enough precautions or too many precautions? How do we keep our loved ones from getting sick? Are they doing enough?

How do we help the sick, the needy or the people who are helping the needy? Where and how much should we donate?

What is happening today? How is the virus progressing? What does this number and information mean for me and my neighbourhood? What is the information in my family's /friends's locality and what does that mean for them?  Which newspaper should i read? How many newspapers should i read? How many news briefing are ok to watch?Should i read and collect more news to process or i should just take refuge in watching puppy and baby videos?

Why does my knee hurt? Is it from all the exercising? Why only one knee hurt? I can't afford to exercise  because i cant get medical help. What if not doing exercising make me sick? I can't afford to not exercise  because i cant get medical help.

How is politics still a thing when people are dying from a still incurable virus? ok. Politicians are scumbags. But who are the people going to the beaches? Who are the people protesting for economy to reopen? Who will go out if the stores get reopened? Will they take up all the beds in the hospitals because they went for a hair color? Will the doctors admit patients with shabby hairdo over proper hair because that will be a tell on who got  infected despite precautions versus the one who was a dumbass? Will this system be unfair for sick individuals whose spouse is a hair stylist?

When will this end? Will it ever end? Will it come back? Will it keep coming back?

Why does my stomach hurts? Is it the crunches? How do i get medical aid? How do i know i need medical aid?

Where are we with the vaccine? When will it be available? Will it be foolproof or be 17% effective like the flu shot?

Who will ever go to the gym, movie theatre or concerts? What will happen to my favorite dine-in theatre? Will it be converted to a restaurant? But who will go to a restaurant and worry about who previously sat on their table and who used their cutlery before? So will all restaurants become takeout joints? If that happens, what will happen to the environment as styrofoam and plastic trash will sky rocket?

When and why will we buy new clothes?

Who is the liar talking about meditation? Which dumbass is preaching positive thinking? Believers don't believe that god is outside churches, temples and mosques, should they still be called believers? Is God mad at us? He should be, but is he? If he is mad, is he allowed to be?

How privileged are we  to have a roof and food and a COUNTRY? OMG, there are millions without a country.

Should i use the food i have, to start a kitchen garden? What if food trucks stop? What if exports stop?

Should i write more or save some for part 2? Should i write a part 2? Should i post this? Will there be a part 2 or will the process complete before documenting part 2?


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