Coping with COVID 19

   During this time with the Coronavirus having an impact of our societies worldwide, we are doing a lot of self-isolating. The people who are home with their loved ones and partners are spending more than the average time they usually would with the person they are with so how well do you know your partner and are you discovering things in them you may not have seen had this not happened? What this isolation has done is magnified the person's character and personality. You may be in a relationship with a person that's out of the house from 7-7, so there's only so much of that person you experience. Now we're experiencing this lockdown of sorts, were getting to see all the habits and traits our partners possess. Did you know they were antisocial in the mornings? Did you realise that your partner wasn't considerate when it came to sharing the food at home?

This situation has allowed couples to rediscover one another. Relearn the people they are today versus who they were when they first met. As we grow we continue to evolve as people. Our goals, our dreams and how we apply those things now may have changed from before.
Example:

When you first me your partner they were energetic, positive, made a lot of time for you. As the relationship grew you developed a routine between each other. roles were made for one another you fulfilled those roles as best as you could. Compromises and sacrifices were made to make the relationship how it had become, that could have been giving up time with one another to inject more funds into the relationship. With that came the roles in the relationship in regards to who provides what. Whatever you decided between each other worked and so you carried on this was until now. COVID 19 has come and disrupted life as we know it so now you're isolated with your loved ones.

Now there is time are you happy seeing them so often?

As weird of a question as that may sound some couple don't like to spend too much time with each other for long periods. Some couples look at going to work or doing things away from their partner as "Me Time". Now with this current situation, couples could start to realise that they don't like to spend too much time with that person. They have grown so comfortable in the routine that was set that the changes have caused a unbalance in the relationship. The changes could even cause a person to assess their relationship and even look at the situation as an opportunity to change and improve a few things that need to be better. There could be things in the relationship that you don't like such as your partner's contribution to the chores in the house or your partner lacks affection due to always being too busy. This is the perfect time to address those things and rediscover the person you are with.

I believe through these tough times there is something beautiful about it. There are fewer people out in the world and fewer businesses operating which means less pollution in this world. Governments are having to give security to the people in terms of financial aid, freezes on rent and mortgage payments. We are being forced to consider each other and work together as a community to stop the spread of this virus, something I think we haven't done in a long time as modern living has had us focusing solely on ourselves and being less considerate of others for a while. There is beauty in tragedy. A lot of lives are being lost and my thoughts go out to those families who are experiencing this but as the world stops Earth recovers. Take the time to appreciate these moments with our loved ones cause this is a situation where we have to reset, readjust and reprogrammed ourselves to come out of this situation with a different perspective of life. The Earth is healing and this is a perfect time for us to heal. Enjoy our families and rediscover who we are, and what we want from life. I hope we come out of this isolation soon but while we're going through this situation I hope everyone stays safe and take all the right precautions to prevent the spread of the virus and avoid contamination.