With the pandemic sweeping through cities, towns and countries, economic crises are staring blatantly at the world. While health-related crises are topping the charts, we cannot undermine the impact of job losses and businesses shutting down at the drop of a hat.
Various industries ranging from aviation to hospitality, clothing to cosmetics, just to name a few, are struggling to find a foothold in these turbulent times.
Something as basic as lipstick, which over time has become so integral to a woman’s everyday go-to-work makeup regime as a product, has, unfortunately, no buyers now.
While we grieve the battles that are lost, there is always the silver lining somewhere to give us hope.
So many of us who craved a work-life balance and being our own bosses are finally claiming the day—no more unnecessary people-pleasing at work, minimum interaction, and hence, minimum office politics.
Quality time with family. We may or may not be enjoying it at the moment, but it definitely made up for the lost time we struggled to make it up to our loved ones, missing out on festivals, birthdays and various other occasions.
Though the celebrations are not that grand anymore, how does it matter? It doesn’t as long as the people who matter are around to give occasions a special meaning of love and togetherness.
Is it a possible speed breaker in our marathon of life which could not and would not stop running? The fear of the perform or perish phenomena that would bring out half-hearted, sub-standard work just to meet the targets is slowly fading. The inhuman, robotic treatment that would eventually be meted out to the workforce just because they are easily replaceable.
The pandemic in a way answered quite a lot of human concerns. How much do we really need to give to our work? Are we losing ourselves in the process? Do we work for bare necessities, or shall we keep slogging to feed societal indulgences that are now marketed as necessities?
These are a few questions we need to ask ourselves each day and we alone have the answers to them.