30 Days of Torture, 4 weeks of Innovation | COVID – 19 Scenario

Imagine this is late 2019. You have a regular life. You are out of your house for 8 to 10 hours every day. This weekend, you just finished reading a paper about how Jews in Germany stayed hidden for years in fear of being murdered during the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler. You tried to imagine yourself in their condition with a squinted face and said – “I would rather kill myself instead of living like that.”

This is May, 2020. You are inside your house locked down for a month already. You do fear Govt. who has made you stay inside. But ultimately, it is not the person but a virus behind your fear. And, the virus does not target Jews but anyone who is outdoors ready to become a target.

Well, nobody knows when this virus will be gone. Just like Jews hid themselves with a hope of coming out when the war was over, we are all hidden inside with same hope. These 30 days have been a universal shut down for Earth because COVID 19 is not just affecting Germany but entire world.

Jews had no food to eat after months or years of hiding themselves. They read same book for years and had no other sources of entertainment. Sounds still painful and harsh as compared to our situation right now, right? Some of us are having harder situation on some places of earth where some of us lack even two times of meal a day. The Govt., some organizations, and people are trying their best to provide food on the plate of less fortunate ones. We should try to share our fortune with them as well in every possible ways. It has become 30 days of torture.

But the scenario is not exactly this everywhere. Most of us are being able to put food on our plate, still have enough sources of entertainment, and are spending our time more or less in an average way. We all wanted to have a big vacation once, didn’t we? Though this was not exactly what we preferred, but because this has happened, one can still make it worthy instead of fussing about what has already slipped off one’s hands.

Imagine going back to your regular life where you spent most of your time for others. You went to those parties just because you could not deny your friends. You had to fake an expression every time on your office when you wished to be at your bed working from home. There was time when you wished your school was off so that finally you could finish reading your ten favorite books or give yourself enough time for everything that required time. You have it now. Do things for yourself instead of crying about things that you cannot change. Because, you can still do most things.

In this era of Internet, one can do anything. Doing is not a compulsion, but one can still give it a try. There are many ways to enjoy and make this lockdown a productive one. There are plenty of ways to have fun. If you cannot read a book, or do not have a habit of sketching, this is because you never tried before and judged your potential beforehand. This is the perfect time to explore your inner self. You do not always have to learn a skill but do things that make you enjoy your time. Do not be scared of your beginner self. Nobody comes out as a professional on their first attempt, but gradually you will be able to picture yourself living your dreams.

The day will not be far when you will thank Quarantine days because you were able to explore your hidden talents or found your start up idea. You have not been able to do it before Quarantine because you had started living more for others and less for yourself. You had prioritized yourself very little. But during this Quarantine, you can go back to your childhood when you had plenty of time for all your favorite things and how you used to put effort to do them. Become that child again. It can be 4 weeks of innovation with positivity instead of 30 days of torture.