Addressing the nation for the second time in a week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the evening of 24th March 2020, announced a countrywide lockdown for three weeks, thus restricting a population of over 1.3 billion people to indoors.
My honest and immediate reaction was of appreciating the lockdown. I know my country, if not completely, to a great extent. I also know how things can go completely out of control if the right steps are not taken at the right time. That said, the question which came to the mind of many, also to my mind was "What next?"
Here comes the power of creating new possibilities in the face of adversities. Acknowledging the current reality while ensuring and adhering to the dos and don'ts to bring back things to normalcy, one can still look beyond and see what is possible. Maybe, there are new creations which are possible or are triggered only in a lockdown situation such as this. The new context can be a different canvas for very different creations. I will share a few possibilities which got created in this new context.
Maybe, there are new creations which are possible or are triggered only in a lockdown situation such as this. The new context can be a different canvas for very different creations.
Wake up, commute to the office, work, commute back from office, home, some personal work was mostly the routine of my day. The commute time including that of dropping my kids to school and negotiating through the Mumbai traffic was about 4 hours in a day. Watching Netflix or some content on similar mobile platforms in the newly available time was an easy option, and nothing wrong with it. I chose to create some other possibilities instead.
Possibility Created: I am using this time for writing, reading and learning. Some of the things which got accomplished by this possibility are:
Daily blog for Thirteen
One new book every week
Using social media for learning
If the world is not going to be the same, fine. I accept it. I too won’t be the same. Every moment is an opportunity for a new possibility, for creating a new reality.
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