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WotD: Drag on
Did the lockdown drag on for you, or was your home a hive of activity every day?
It’s incredible because we all wish we had more time, and then when we get it, we have no idea what to do with it.
Millions of people were sitting in their homes, bored out of their minds as time dragged on and on and on.
When something drags on, it continues for longer than you want it to or think it should.
The pandemic lockdown felt like it dragged on for many people, but for myself, seeing as I usually work at home anyway, and Wakayama is not a hotspot of infections, it felt like normal life.
During pandemics, lockdowns are a necessary evil to prevent the uncontrolled spread of a virus.
Many other things in life unnecessarily drag on, and we can’t do anything about them.
Convocation speeches, waiting for doctors, visits to the Department of Motor Vehicles, check-out lines at the grocery stores, untimely software updates on your computer, phone conversations with your in-laws, shopping for new socks with your significant other, rush hour traffic and tire changes are all things that seem to drag on forever.
Funnily enough, there are all types of things that people missed during the lockdown.
The fun stuff passes by quickly, and the things we hate always drag on.
Long holidays never seem long enough, but a short commute to work in terms of distance is rarely short regarding time.
Unless, of course, you work at home.
Remember these posts from last week?
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