Rachel Varghese: “5 Things I Learned From The Social Isolation of the COVID19 Pandemic”

An Interview With Phil LaDuke

Coping skills become a matter of survival. What you need to stay positive and hopeful is an ongoing endeavor. During this past year, the effort to stay positive seemed to be an active, rather than passive effort. The world will not end if you do not read your email every day. In case of an emergency, someone will call you. Shutting out the mental clutter has been a great way to stay calm and unruffled.

With the success of the vaccines, we are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel of this difficult period in our history. But before we jump back into the routine of the normal life that we lived in 2019, it would be a shame not to pause to reflect on what we have learned during this time. The social isolation caused by the pandemic really was an opportunity for a collective pause, and a global self-assessment about who we really are, and what we really want in life.