There are problems bigger than myself — A Coronavirus Reality Check

Just a few weeks ago, I was stressing out about work, studying a side course to up skill, starting up a blog portfolio… in short, I was busy living my life.

Engrossed in my own internal state of affairs, I had no real idea of what was happening outside of myself, nor did I actually care. I was too self-contained in my own little corner of the universe, dealing with my own set of problems as I focused on working hard on my personal goals and ambitions.

Then “it” started happening where I was.

Suddenly, things felt off. The week’s events and meetups got canceled overnight, there was noticeably less traffic the next morning, and the air felt eerily quieter for some reason…

That day, there was an announcement at work to stay at home even if you felt even just a little sniffly, but we were told these were just necessary precautions and there was no need to overreact.

Two days later, my work place officially announced that everyone will have to work from home.

This felt surreal. Surely it wasn’t that bad, was it? This thing, whatever this was, sneaked up on me in a way that I have yet to really process the situation.

It has dawned on me that my life, and everyone else’s in this relatively remote part of the world called New Zealand, is about to become very different.