It struck me today that for many of us the pandemic acts like an intensifier. Whatever your life was like pre pandemic - it has become even more like that. (1/n)
If in normal life, you live with your family including small kids, your life is even more family dominated. (2/n)
If you live alone and are a little solitary, you become even more solitary (3/n)
If your life is defined by juggling work and family life, the pandemic makes it even more of a juggle. (4/n)
If finances are really tight and everything feels tough, the pandemic makes it more so. (5/n)
If you’re quite well off with quite a lot of disposable income, you have even more (6/n)
The result? Are pandemic lives are radically different but have one thing in common: Many of us are overdosing on our normal lives. (7/7)

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