A Year Of Anxiety – My Journey Through A Fateful 2020

Hi there!

Have you ever analysed what kind of journey was it for you in 2020?

If not, do think now, or you can take my experience as base.

My experience is in no way different or unique, than any of you, as we are sailing in the same boat.

When COVID-19 struck the world, back in late 2019, no one thought about how far and wide its reach would be!

Well, you can understand that each one of us will have a different story to share, our own takeaways from what was in store for us in 2020, the year we all want to forget.

Coronavirus is that pandemic which engulfed lives of all and sundry, financial and personal well-being affected, irrespective of caste, creed, race, religion or status!

Whether one was already mentally or physically undergoing trauma didn’t matter, all sorts of people got affected by the pandemic, with countries imposing curbs on free movement, banning travel, and locking down people, confining them to their homes and initiating work from home atmosphere!

Let me share my story.

It was rattling to me and my family.

Truth is – subsistence became primary, all glorified avenues and situations taking a backseat.

In India, where I live, lockdown was imposed in the last week of March 2020 and as respite was seen, states were allowed to ease restrictions as and when they thought it was conducive!

We got so fed up with sitting at home, but there was no option.

Going out got hit, and finances and an exquisite lifestyle were part of the diminishing trend.

If that was not all, differences of opinion and clashes saw the brighter side of the day and discord prevailed.

More than a year has passed, and we are back to square one!

If there’s something I learnt from this fateful year of 2020, that would be –

1. Recognising who is important to you in your ruthless life and letting them stay. People who don’t matter are anyway about to drift away or have already exited your life without them or you knowing it.
2. The poison that is fast spreading needs to be contained. For, if you distance yourself from toxicity now, your future life and that of your dependents will be secure.
3. Things that will not resolve themselves, or people who are always against your views, never will understand the beauty of your golden words. It’s best to maintain cordial relations with those who mean something at least to you instead of hankering after the ones who have already left you.