Social Distancing

No doubt we are currently experiencing disruption in our lives.  Whenever something unexpected or out of the norm occurs on an epic level, things change.   One thing is certain, there will always be change.

Let’s think back three months or even six months ago…. the daily chatter was often about the amount of screen time associated with the average person.  Pick your vice – video game, cell phone, tablet or laptop.  Throughout social media you would often see posts from parents victoriously proclaiming to the world that they were able to get their child to actually ride a bicycle outside.  Or an individual announcing that he/she were going “off the grid” and taking a break from Facebook.

Fast forward to March 2020.  A whole new set of words are trending, words like Covid-19, pandemic and quarantine.  One that is quite interesting is Social Distancing.  It’s a term used to by public health officials, while taking action, in an effort to slow down the spreading of a contagious illness.  Yet when we hear the words social distancing it makes most feel a sense of disconnect.  How often do shake hands with someone?  How often do we comment in a crowded restaurant that we are too close to the next table? Now we think before we touch a doorknob.  We shutter when we hear someone sneeze.  The term makes most want to spend more time with those they are closest with.

Yet for every time the words Social Distancing are put out there on the news or social media, we see an increase in generosity.  Communities come together.  Families spend more quality time with each other.  Use this time for self-care, reflection and organization.  Read a book.  Go for a hike.  Get more sleep.  Review your business plan. This will get better.  Stay positive.  Be kind.