Many people were devastated. Many were saying that they were
not ready when the pandemic hits them closer to their life. But who were ever
ready with bad things that comes to your life?
During first 3 months, numerous business closes their doors.
Unto the 6 months, many were laid off. Come to 9 months, even the big were
struggling. But on the other side, people were forced to evolve. And those
evolution impact to business.
Now on the 12 months, many small start up were struggling to
make their name known, their business run, and letting other people to see the
hope again. Desperation might be one of the keys for people to change their
mindset about working and what are their aiming for.
For others, 12 months might be enough desperation to let
them fight for their future. Yet there are still plenty that are still lost,
wandering about their purpose and what do their dream about. Perhaps they can
only dream, or even dream is a luxury thing for them.
Provided with many excuses, people tend to forget about why
other can be successful and they can only look and feeling jealousy. They
forgot that the successful people might have their own thorny road that they
need to clear up so other can see the beauty behind those thorn.
Myself were still thinking of what the whole year were meant
to me. Switching from the full office work to a hybrid of home-office or full
work from anywhere was one of my dream came true. But do I work for the dream
job I was wanting? Not really, but I try to do things within my capability to
make it happen.
How long will it take for me to reach that? I do not know
the answer to it because up until now I am still trying to find the answer, and
there is no correct answer for the dream I’m dreaming of. That is because
evolution is something that time has the answer of, and it also involves many
other factors that is unpredictable.
It still saddens me when I go to the office and see all
those empty chairs, wondering what it like was before this. All the buzz and
interactions, no matter how small was suddenly seem important. Meeting over the
phone can never beat the luxury of seeing the other party reactions upon your speech.
And that what you are saying, matters.
As an ambivert, I love my solitude as well the mingle time.
The hybrid workstyle works very well for me as it can satisfy my basic need of
interaction. But does this work for everyone else? Definitely no. All the extroverts
were forced to stay at home, and the way they can reach out was through the
social media. But what they need is human touch, and the energy they share.
Whereas the homebody might enjoy it at first yet facing the never-ending
meeting can also made them wanted to turn off everything and go under the
bunker even more than before.
Right now, there were vaccines going on for the immunity, but
that does not cross out the virus from the world. It just gives somewhat the assurance
for the people that the situation is slowly under control and they can resume
to the normal life. But what is the normal now?
I would like to see what the next 3-6-9-12 months from now, what
will the world be. A new world. A new beginning. A different kind of hope.
February 20, 2021
Moi
