I'm Adelimo, and this is The Slowdown.

I don't know about you, but it seems like so many of us are in need of new coping skills

as the pandemic lingers on.

The old hobbies are wearing thin.

The old grin and bear it philosophy is wearing thin.

The folks I see at my local pharmacy seem worn out, worn down.

The teachers in my life are bone-tired and beleaguered.

People are testing positive and isolating and quoting John Baramon's dream song 14

with quote, life friends is boring.

And also the line quote, I conclude now I have no inner resources because I am heavy

board.

It is strange to be stressed and anxious and bored all at once.

Those folks who are working around the clock are running out of ways to unwind when they

finally get some time off.

The one thing I am not bored of yet is nature.

Nature is still offering me some reprieve, though I'm ready for the spring to come

waltzing in with its body colors and overt sunlight at any minute.

Give me some warmth.

But to me revisiting the same trees, watching the same birds still allows for a brief

respite from myself and my own chaotic brain.

Even the night sky full with today's bright moon makes me feel like we are not alone

in this world.

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