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The Struggle is Real
How you work with what you struggle with bears consideration.
It has been a year since the world forever changed. COVID-19 altered our society in ways that are still impacting us — and will going forward.
A lot of this has been awful. We’ve lost people to this terrible virus. Kids and parents are going through unprecedented psychological issues with schooling. Jobs have been lost. The pandemic has simultaneously brought out the best and the worst in people.
A year later, many are chomping at the bit to “return to normal.” Unfortunately, we cannot return to the world we left before this. But there is a new world on the other side — and at least in the US, between an administration that cares to help the people and increased vaccine availability — we can almost see it.
This, however, doesn’t address the situation many people are facing. A year of uncertainty, fear, hype, and strong emotion is taking its toll. Thus, many people find that they are struggling.
What the struggle looks like varies, but that’s not what’s important. What, why, how, and where you struggle is insignificant. The fact is the struggle is real. And we need, as a society, to better acknowledge that and work with it.
