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Day 126
Hello and Welcome! This is my first post on vocal creators and I spent several weeks deciding what I was going to talk about. This morning, I woke up and just needed to type so this post is not informational, informative, persusasive, dramatic, etc. This is my headspace on day 126 of COVID-19 hitting Arizona, US. Buckle up, it's a rough ride because this girl is confused as fuck!
By Lauren Hodges6 years ago in Longevity
Doing Vs Having
When I started writing for Vocal, my first article “Accidentally Minimalist” received a quite positive response. Throughout my personal quarantine journey, Minimalism is something I’ve become quite invested in, for a variety of reasons. So, I’ve decided that today, I’m going to share a little lesson about minimalism that the lockdown has taught me; the huge difference in value between having things, and doing things.
By Anie Homan6 years ago in Longevity
Fear of death: we practice how to die every day.
The fear of death dictates our lives. When we free ourselves from it, we will be free and happy. Everything is a cycle. Everything evolves, dissolves, and transforms. We know the physical laws of creation and destruction very well, but we don’t like to implement this knowledge to our own lives, as it shows us our own momentariness. We are born, live and then we die. When we look at the cycle of life we have to accept our own perishability and this frightens us. Death is the biggest fear we all have to face one day, better sooner than later. All fears we have are originated in the fear of death.
By Yoga Prema Gaia6 years ago in Longevity
Lets pretend
Lets play pretend, in the land of make believe where we once thought we were safe. Young and alive, and running free. The sun shining on our shoulders as we unknowingly watched our screens, one by one, go from black and white, with an antennae on top, to, fits in a pocket, and can do almost anything.
By Lee Naylor6 years ago in Longevity
Resilience: How to Thrive during a Second-Wave Lockdown
There is a "second-wave" of COVID-19 cases in Victoria, Australia, which triggered a 6-week lockdown. The recent boom in cases (albeit much smaller in numbers compared to our American counterparts) has forced the hand of the Victorian Premier, Daniel Andrews, to keep us under quarantine. This second-wave of quarantine is personally more mentally taxing than the first; considering how much hope I had for Australia to keep their numbers at bay before the second semester of university starts. [For our Global North folks, our academic calendar starts at the start of the year.]
By agnes widjaja6 years ago in Longevity
The sad reality of COVID-19
In Canada we are now entering the third phase of quarantine where we are just now allowing all stores to open up again. There are still a lot of rules and regulations concerning the opening of businesses but for the most part they can open up again. We still have to be pretty diligent in preventing the illness from spreading to one another.
By Brian Anonymous6 years ago in Longevity
What Not Recognising Faces is Like
I have face blindness, which is a condition that makes it hard for me to recognise faces. Most people don't believe me when I tell them about it, so I try talking about it openly to raise more awareness. It's real, and it affects me on a daily basis. Just a disclaimer, people with face blindness have it at different degrees, and I'm talking only from my own experience. This is not what it's like for everyone, but this is how face blindness is for me.
By Tone Breistrand6 years ago in Longevity
Turning Point
When COVID-19 hit my hometown in Florida, it changed my life completely. Maybe for the better. Yes, I was scared because I got sick in March with bronchitis. The government told us to stay home if you're uncomfortable. I considered myself a high risk since I have asthma.
By Yvonne Clark6 years ago in Longevity
The 5 Hardest Days of my life
In this story I am going to open up about 5 days that constantly play on my mind and how then have affected me since. I had Been working in Long Island NY for 2 months, looking after children and adults with physical and mental disabilities, they would come in for 5 days at a time and would stay at camp with us, not only allowing them to get a holiday where their needs can be met but also to give their parents/carers some time to themselves.
By Ryan Brown6 years ago in Longevity
Quarantine
This has been a strange year, we all can admit that. All jokes aside, no one could have expected or anticipated something like COVID-19 changing the way we as a people interact with one another. Consumers have stopped going into stores as much, and instead prefer to shop online and line the pockets of the wealthiest man on the planet. I cannot hide the fact that yes, I am one of those people unfortunately. But, when I can order 10 pints of my favorite Ben and Jerry's ice cream and have it delivered to me the next day, I become a weak man. We do what we need to do in order to survive.
By Christopher Howard6 years ago in Longevity
