There's no doubt that this pandemic has taken its toll on most us be it financially, physically or mentally but if there's one good thing that this new normal has given us it's perhaps rediscovering the pleasure of leisure walking from work going home.
I've worked in Ortigas Area for almost a decade now and it's always been a the commercial district that it's known for but when people started working at home, public transport became restricted and 24-hours establishments became a thing of the past, this once busy spot suddenly became a haven for leisure walkers.
Not all the time you'll find calm and quiet but given the fact that I live about 15 minutes away from the office and work during nighttime, I get to experience strolling around and feeling relaxed despite the threat of Covid-19 just around the block. I often joke about this time being the time wherein we'll just hope for our guardian angels to be strong enough because there's really nothing much we can do aside from practicing social distancing and wearing masks all the time, but this new normal thing has really taught me what are the really important things in life.
To live simply, to appreciate the things that you have, to make it a point to seize the day because you'll never really know what tomorrow will bring, these things, these are the things that I took for granted before this pandemic happened and this kind of realization is in fact the beauty of this new normal.
