Pandemics Last for Over Three Years

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I drafted this in June 2020. I also told people I spoke to about this. People were reluctant to believe me. Some thought I was nuts for saying this, some called me pessimistic. Eventually I decided against publishing this post. But now, in the second half of 2022, I finally feel like I can go ahead and post this. I very much doubt anyone's going to dismiss it now. I shouldn't have cared in the first place, but hey, you live and learn.

Anyway, here's why I thought this pandemic would last for at least three years. 

A Simpler Time

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Remember when statuses on Whatsapp used to be things people read, instead of pictures and videos?
When Orkut scraps were something fun to read, and Facebook conversations and pages were something new?
When text messages were lyk dis because we had a limited number of characters?
When group chats were in person on college stairs, and memories were actually experienced and not just a social media highlight reel?
When we used to have to keep our phones super close to each other because infrared was the only way to transfer stuff?
When we actually lived outside our screens and had fun doing random things that had nothing to do with the online world at all?
When the internet was a very small part of our lives and not something that had to be paid attention to every waking minute?
Can you believe it was less than 15 years ago?
Can you even fathom how our lives have irrevocably changed?

In Defense of a Slower Life

I read a lot of books and blogs and websites and articles and research papers. I love learning new things. I don't always apply/implement those things in my life. Isn't knowledge enough, sometimes? The world is getting faster every day. It's about doing and moving and hustling. I don't want to hustle. I want to live my life.

Do You Think You're Beautiful?

Do you think you are beautiful? If you do, is it because you've been told you are? If you don't, is it because you haven't? 

I have read multiple articles across various platforms, written by women who are so affected by other people's opinions of their body and their life. Don't be. Society doesn't deserve that kind of attention from you. What is society, anyway? A vague, faceless, teeming mass of people who don't have anything to do with you - they just want to judge you and give you unwarranted advice. You didn't ask for their inputs. So why do you listen?