Right now, that’s the best thing you can do.

“Lots of people are feeling unproductive. But if you successfully infect zero people with the virus, seriously, you’ve been extremely productive.” — Doctor and journalist, James Hamblin

Hanging out with my nurse friend, drinking red wine on her beautiful porch, is one of the many things I stopped doing since March 2020. I no longer meet friends for tea or coffee. My partner and I do not eat dinner in restaurants. I don’t stand in front of my students and teach. I don’t visit my mom every weekend. I don’t meet clients in person. I don’t go to the grocery shop every day.

These days, I do less of the things I used to do. Even though I’m tempted to do many things every day, I force myself to do less. It’s a daily battle. Since the pandemic started shattering our world, we cannot fixate on getting more things done.

Right now, we do not make our world a better place by trying to overachieve. Because that is spreading the virus.

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To your inspirations,

Banchi