How I Really Feel About "Going Back to Normal" 

It was a year and it's already over. But we can still do whatever we want. We don't have to go back to the madness.

Same Lol

If only WFH were my new "normal" then I'd be okay with going back to normal

We need to find the balance. It is OK to stay home

@@RG-rl6hj I think most people were running around too much anyway; now we all got back to basics and essentials/ family.

Yup same here! 😂😂

I’m so glad I’m not the only one! This has changed my everything.... and I’m good with it! #couchlife #ivewatchedeverythingonnetflix

Right?!!

Oh my gosh!! This comment got me!! 5 days IN A ROW!! It is SO true. It seems SO daunting! My week is currently so chill! Even setting an early morning alarm 5 days in a row is not welcome!

This made me laugh so hard! 😂😂😂

Listening to Kim's list of things she did every day made me tired.

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You're really not👊

Team introvert! Yaayyy!!!!

Me too!!!!!

Who doesn't love staying in PJ's and Braless? No rush to get anywhere so driving is more relaxed. Serenity Now!

Yes I’m the biggest introvert there is ever to be living

I'm NOT looking forward to this being over. I've been loving not having to make lame excuses for not doing things.

YEEESSS!! I’ve been saying for years how most jobs scouts and should be remote!

@@CM-pf1xc My department is moving to a new building and at first they said there might not be enough room and would consider letting people work from home...i put my hand up for that so fast. Sadly now it looks like there may be room...boo.

True! Even suits at Ann Taylor Loft are sweats😜

Please be the former

My wife and I just finished our second shot on 3/4/21, but thankfully she’s even more of an introvert than I am

Would suck? WILL suck. Extroverts are going to like invite people places and stuff.

@@lizshoemaker the only reason I said “would” is because me and a couple of my coworkers will fight to the end to stay home! Some of them are ready to quit/retire if our managers demand us to come back!So I will probably never go back to the cubicle, but if i was, it “would” suck 😅😅

Well where I work most people have refused to come back to the office so they have extended our work at home policy indefinitely at the moment. Yay

@@trinitywright7122 thats worthy of celebration!!! Congrats!! 🙌🙌🙌 Hopefully we can shift this paradigm forever! Theres no reason for us to be stuck at a cubicle!

I want my life back tired of being in the jail called home

Me!!!

Yep!

Totally agree!!!!

I totally love being at home

Me! For the most part I love being at home but I do miss travelling.

I get ya,Laura. (Thank you for being so honest ) Me,too..I think people like us are in such a minority! To describe the year as cozy &comforting.. you're the ONLY person I've heard say that. But I truly truly get it! I keep mostly quiet about loving this time and restrictions. And here we go again..take good care❤ Big distance hugs❤

I agree!

Right? So comforting! So cozy!

I feel that way too. I’ve spent time reading books and hanging out on my porch more this past year than ever before. It’s been so great!

Totally agree. I know most people had a very hard year, but for me, it was great.

Agreed. Aside from not seeing those dear to me, my Covid life is much healthier than me pre-Covid life.

Ah sleep!

Sleep is very important. Good for you.

Yes!!

I think people are going to start realizing the pace we were living in pre-pandemic was unsustainable. I'm kinda hoping this sets a new pace ;)

I thought it was just need needing the after the grocery store nap! I thought something was wrong with Me. Thank you👊

@@sedgecircle Right! This was a big wake up call to slow down and focus on what's really important. The homelife you work to enjoy.

That is so awesome!

Positively true!

Yup

Absolutely!

It’s just you Nana

They are!

Lol

Same, glad I'm not the only one, lol

I’m adopting this! Lol Our house used to be the hang out spot for all our friends and family and all their kiddos. Literally, we would have a house full of teenagers and kids all summer long. My son’s father has 7 boys and they would have their friends and cousins over all the time. Then friends and family would use our house to throw birthday parties, we’ve hosted an engagement party, bachelor party, you name it. We just have the set up and have to connections to live bands, etc. and we really would enjoy seeing everyone happy and enjoying themselves, especially with helping others who couldn’t afford to do things like that. Despite loving it, I’ve found love in the quiet from the past year as well. So I think for us, as things normalize more and more, finding a healthy balance of that quiet time for our household members and also throwing get togethers for our friends and family will be key. I will also say this, the relationship between me and my man has grown stronger and we are closer again. We actually learned how to have full conversations again about more important things besides the “what’s for dinner?”, “who’s picking up the boy from school?”, “have you seen my keys?” kind of talks. Learning about one another’s desires and goals, planning for our future, real conversations have come back into our life and that has been the hugest improvement that I don’t think would have happened without the lockdown time.

Welcome to the quiet club

Ambivert, perhaps?

@@LS-ei7xk definitely ambivert I know I am

Telling me I can't do something makes me want to do it less and telling me I have to do something makes me want to do it less. Either way I want to make my own decisions. In my opinion, people should not try to influence you they should be an example!

😂😂 True

Same here

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Same. People suck.

Now when I look at people all I see is petri dishes where their heads used to be.

Completely Agree! People have absolutely lost their darn marbles and no longer even try to hold it together. It's so much nicer being home and not having to worry whose feelers might get offended or what nut job you'll have to deal with today!

Hate? Who hurt you? Hate is a VERY strong, pathological feeling. Serial killers *hate* people.

@@le_th_ oh you’re a special one, aren’t you?

Watched all the video and haven't changed my mind

Exactly! I completely agree with you!

Even us introverts need other people in our lives..............just not all the time.

@@debrabusch1090 I agree 😂 I have 2 best friends and that’s all I need along with my bandmates. But alas this year majority of my friends are people I talk to on the internet, but things WILL GET BACK TO NORMAL! I will make sure of it by praying to God about it every night

Same! Thankfully my school is all in-person so I see my friends every day. I feel a little guilty but thankful.

Amen 💕

Brilliant comment- summed it up!

"Yay Sports Ball"!!

I vote and clap for team jersey!

Yes 😂

Except that's all they talk about when they get back in person. I'm a teacher, I know!

We wove roblox tho🥲

@@kelleydaniels6331 they can talk about it all they want as long as its face to face. As a teacher I'm sure you understand the importance of face to face interaction.

except there is no vaccine for kids yet!

You’re perfect the way you are, English and everything!

@@jayes8191 Thanks! You are so sweet🥰

Your English is better than most! 🌞

Whatever you've been doing, out in the big, wide world, to keep things functioning, I thank you. 🙏❤️

@@missnaomi613 thank you, that’s very sweet of you to say. In work in a pharmacy as a tech. So it’s a very essential job

Thank you for your service

Omg, why are you people so damn afraid of a virus that is exactly like the flu?!?! You are letting the media and Govt. scare you into being afraid. It’s just a control issue now with the Govt. Masks are NOT 100% effective you know and it’s been proven that they will NOT protect you from covid. They actually had a study that said there were MORE people who got covid with masks versus those who did not wear a mask. You are aware that it is NOT as deadly as they try to make it seem and it’s been PROVEN that doctors are being paid to claim covid cases when they are not covid related at all right? Meaning that all these so called millions of covid cases are not correct and the numbers are actually lower. There is a 99.7% and higher survivability rate with covid. Ask yourself why we were fine a whole 4 months before shutting down because covid was around way back in Nov. 2019. No high death rates, no high cases and no overwhelmed hospitals. We were fine. We only started to go downhill because we were forced to quarantine and shut down for so long. So no being exposed to dirt and healthy germs and being around other people. Ask yourself why you have never worn a mask during cold and flu season because covid is just like the flu. The symptoms are the same. Hell, most people who had covid didn’t even know it because they thought it was the flu. People die from the flu every year and yet we didn’t shut down, wear masks or quarantine. You are also aware that anything and everything can kill you right? You can die being in any mode of transportation. You can die anywhere in public. You can die in your own home dammit. Are you going to be afraid of life??? We’ve always had viruses and diseases throughout our history. There are ALWAYS going to be deaths regardless because it’s just a part of life. Being afraid is not living. Believe it or not most of the people who died had underlying health issues to begin with. We need to get back to normal because doing this shit will NEVER help us achieve herd immunity. We will only make ourselves vulnerable and won’t develop a healthy, strong immune system to fight off future infections because we aren’t letting our bodies do what they are supposed to be doing. That means being EXPOSED to dirt, germs and viruses. Stop being a sheep and get back to living a normal life. I’m also an essential worker but I’m not going to stop living or be afraid or wear a mask the rest of my life because of a f*cking virus like all the other millions of viruses(many of them DEADLIER than covid btw) that we have. I’m not going to let the damn media or Govt. tell me to be afraid. Unless the death rate was truthfully extremely high to begin with(which is never was) we are going to be fine. We will get over covid just like all the other f*cking viruses that we deal with. We have to face it head on and be exposed to help us. Enough is enough and you people need to use your damn brain already. Those who give up their freedoms so easily and do exactly what the Govt. or media tells you to do just because they say so without questioning anything is very dangerous. Florida didn’t mandate a stupid mask order and their deaths were no higher than the idiotic Liberal dipshit states who overstepped their authoritative bounds and forced everyone to shutdown and wear a mask. So once again, STOP being afraid just because the media and Govt. tells you to be afraid.

@@sarahprince2412 Hahaha. You should do stand up. That was great. Now do one about the moon landing.

Someone who understands.

CDC has released recommendation that masks are not needed after second vaccine. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Correct. Also COVID will become endemic anyway so I guess there’s really no going back to the old normal.

I completely agree with you Sandi the British variant and the Indian variant are already here!😱

We still need to be sensible the improved hygiene is great

lol

Just want to take a minute to say thank you for your dedication to your students! Teachers have been placed in an impossible situation during this. You all have done an amazing job! Thank you!

@@kaseymeier5944 Awwe thanks that's very sweet

I have literally been looking for a desk job ever since hiring opened back up. I don't even care what 'sit at a desk' job it is (they all seem the same to me), I just want to work from home.

Well, you've certainly earnt it.

Haha I hear you. What's this stay at home luxury they have been speaking of? Ive been envious all year, but if I had to sit at a desk everyday for hours I dont know what would happen..... I fear l would go insane. Still thinking I picked the right career despite the jealousy of 2020.

Same, never got the home/me time everyone talking about, boy do I need it now.

I spent over 20 years trying to NOT be a nurse. I searched endlessly, studied various subjects to increase my 'other' skills and never was able to break out into something that would also pay the bills. And, NOW that I'm too disabled to work, the stay-at-home jobs are EVERYWHERE. Smdh

I would love to 'go without'....but how can we do it in an appropriate way? genuinely wondering....any ideas anyone? (besides big comfy sweater, i nailed that one!)

Maybe society just needs to get over itself. Didn't women burn their bras in the 70s? And go without? I was little, I'm not sure. I don't even want to put on a sports bra. Maybe people just need to get used to seeing nipples (which auto corrected to Naples and hippies first), and a different silhouette.

@@shoshanaeri8035 Yes, or hoodies over tees.

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