Benjamin Franklin once said “if you want something done, ask a busy person,” to which comedian Lucille Ball later added “the more things you do, the more things you can do.” The point, of course, is that people who stay busy are more energetic, more organized and more motivated by nature.
We observed the opposite over two years of monotony and incubation during the pandemic, which resulted in a jump in laziness and less desire for people to get out of their comfort zones. For the first several months of the pandemic, activities were limited, responsibilities at work lessened, and lives constricted. As energy levels declined, anxiety meters rose. In other words, the less you do, the less you do.
But now, as the pandemic winds down and falls off the front page, the world has largely returned to normalcy. Although booster shots and masks still remain, COVID-19 no longer presents the fright and worry as in the past. Recently, President Joe Biden put a stamp on that when he announced that “the pandemic is over.” While he may be right, the pandemic symptoms remain.
