Things Will Never Be the Same. Or will they?

This chat was originally scheduled for Tuesday June 2nd, but in recognition of everything happening in the world right now, we decided to not go forward with it on that day. We joined many in the #hcldr community in support of #BlackOutTuesday – a time to stop pushing our own agenda/promotions on social media so that we can listen, reflect, and amplify the voices calling for change.
This chat will now happen on Tuesday June 9th at 8:30pm ET instead.
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As the calendar flips to June, for those in the US and Canada we are now entering the 4 th month of living with COVID-19. For people living in Europe and Asia it has been even longer. Now that we’ve all had time to adjust to this new world (I won’t say accept), I find myself having a much different outlook on what will never be the same and what go back to the way things were. I thought it would be fun to discuss this with the HCLDR community on the next tweetchat.
I must admit that at the start of March, I thought this would be all over in a month and that we would get back to living our lives like we used to. Clearly I was naïve. As I learned more about the coronavirus and the distant prospect of a vaccine, I began to change my thinking – we were going to be in this for months (as many as 18 in my mind).
It has taken me a few months to even get comfortable with that idea. It’s not fun to think about being physically distant, lining up to buy necessities, watching depressing news about businesses permanently closing their doors and people suffering/dying from the virus for months and months. I have to remind myself to take time to be grateful for all the things I’m lucky to have (I’m not going to jinx myself by writing them here