One morning, as I attempted to eat pancakes for breakfast, I instead ate a lot of intel on previous wars. Thanks to my father I was able to establish a sequel to my initial War at Home article. We glossed over Russia and its internal wars at the time. As Mikhail Gorbachev in 1980 put it, “Perestroika” was a reformation within the communist party of the Soviet Union. Its definition is “reconstruction” and in addition to this; he announced a policy form called “glasnost” that pertained to “openness.” He did this during his time to avoid a stagnant living.
As two years have already passed by, a longing Cold War could be referenced to the ongoing pandemic but I used to think it was more of a World War. However, as the internal debates on the branches of this pandemic multiplied, we have seen trials on how to constructively try to declare silver linings and upkeep humanitarian needs, but not everyone comes to a cooperative agreement. Division from all over the world is present and there is rarely ever a common ground. Therefore, the war that is ultimately inside of us is still coping with what remains of a horrid era. Some have lost sense, urgency, discipline, and patience in all corners of our lives — especially in our homes. The so-called ``moving up” from being a cadet to a soldier with the virus and its range of variants seems to be out of reach. My previous article that was released around the first months of the newly given pandemic focused on how the new normal was being developed and shaped into today’s time. Now that we are in it, there have been fundamental changes withstanding not only the types of lockdown but the rising and depleting cases.
From our family and friends to altered daily routines, financial pressures, and social isolation, the pandemic has affected so much of our lives. As much as I would like to think or say that we have managed to get used to the way this pandemic has changed our lives, there are things that remain stuck. This is where “Perestroika” in whatever way you can have it comes in. As Mikhail Gorbachev also mentioned, “If you are not moving forward, you are moving backwards.” To avoid a stagnant life as they did in the 80’s, distinguish your focus even more so after two years of a pandemic and embrace both old and new ways to further take care of oneself and those around you. The holidays have passed, and we are back to our regular given days albeit still with health risks. The spread of the virus can and may still remain for a number of years and if we do not try to cope after even such a time already in practice, opportunities and inevitable use of time itself will also remain to be enclosed in our mundane living. If I had instructed to not just make a new but a better new normal in my first article, this one is to remind you not to hesitate or undermine the motion of “openness” while remaining indoors.
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