If “normal” and getting back to it, meant disregarding, or being expected to disregard one's own wants, needs, feelings, ideas, experiences, plans, health, or well-being, who’s eager to resume that?
If "normal" meant keeping quiet, going along just to get along, burying your feelings and concerns, looking the other way, being overworked, allowing others to overstep boundaries, force their standards, or rope you into their self-centered schemes, of course they'll be stunned when they can no longer count on your sheepish compliance— no matter whose name they drop.
We've all had way too much time to think; to make things actually work; implement positive changes; get things right; to ponder, reevaluate, and take a serious look at how we used (and allowed others to use and abuse) our time, resources, talents, effort, and energy.
Boundaries have been firmly set.
The pandemic has been devastating on so many levels, but it has been a blessing in that it cleansed many of our lives of meaningless, resource-draining activities, and less than well-meaning people and their stuff.
Whatever is restarted, revisited, or recreated should be well done, substantive, worthwhile, and beneficial. It should promote actual service, bring you joy and fulfillment, edify and educate you, promote competence and excellence ----not resume draining and fooling you into thinking you're engaging in, representing, or supporting something vital.
If "normal" meant keeping quiet, going along just to get along, burying your feelings and concerns, looking the other way, being overworked, allowing others to overstep boundaries, force their standards, or rope you into their self-centered schemes, of course they'll be stunned when they can no longer count on your sheepish compliance— no matter whose name they drop.
We've all had way too much time to think; to make things actually work; implement positive changes; get things right; to ponder, reevaluate, and take a serious look at how we used (and allowed others to use and abuse) our time, resources, talents, effort, and energy.
Boundaries have been firmly set.
Priorities have been reordered.
Eyes are opened.
Clutter is gone.
Some things are simply not as interesting, exciting, appealing, important, cost-effective, or necessary as they may have been, and no amount of manipulative spin or cajoling will change that.
The pandemic has been devastating on so many levels, but it has been a blessing in that it cleansed many of our lives of meaningless, resource-draining activities, and less than well-meaning people and their stuff.
Whatever is restarted, revisited, or recreated should be well done, substantive, worthwhile, and beneficial. It should promote actual service, bring you joy and fulfillment, edify and educate you, promote competence and excellence ----not resume draining and fooling you into thinking you're engaging in, representing, or supporting something vital.
Use your time wisely, give wisely. List yourself among your priorities, and by all means, preserve your peace. That little word “no” is still comprises a complete sentence.
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