The Pandemic Taught Me Not to Procrastinate

I wanted to start writing this today. I almost put it off until tomorrow. I didn’t.

For the vast majority of my life, I have procrastinated. Anything and everything, it’s easier to do something later. I procrastinate too much. Whether it was big, important things in my life, or menial tasks like emptying the dishwasher or folding laundry, I put it off.

The last year and counting have changed me. I no longer feel like procrastinating. I feel like it’s time to start doing stuff.

COVID-19 has changed so much about our world, and that’s been a huge focus as a post-COVID world comes into view. Just this morning, I read stories about rebound stocks, revenge travel, and whether or not federal contractors will continue working remotely. There is so much unsettled about what the world will look like in six months.

How much longer do we wear masks? How much longer do we wait for the hesitant to vaccinate before mandating them to? What happens with variants? How do crowds gather close again? How do we fix our broken health care system? Can we truly eradicate inequity and inequality?

While these are very, very important questions, they look outward of the human experience. There has been some discussion, but not enough, on the inward focus about how the pandemic will fundamentally change who we are as human beings.

I got my second shot a week ago and I’m starting to plot out a return to some sort of normalcy. I want to…