Lockdown is lifting and we are going too fast

During a conversation on what our plans were for the weekend, my coworker said “I am busy until September” — we were in April. She had made bookings for several events in anticipation of social distancing rules being lifted and we allowed to mix with more than six people.

I was surprised as I barely know six people in London to mingle with. Then two seconds later I remembered my own plans for the future: a bottomless brunch two weeks from then and a Van Gogh exposition booked for six months later. Not to mention the restaurant in Soho and the good old Wetherspoon, which I’ve missed.

I didn’t give much thought to it after this quick catch up on a Friday evening.

Not until the first full-on weekend when I had four different not-related-to-parks-things to do. I was ready to spend a good amount of money, even though I wasn’t used to spending on night outs and socialization since the pandemic started. Even though I wasn’t used to being around people frequently since the pandemic started.

To my surprise, the second was a bigger issue than the first.

I had met six different friends (on different occasions) and by Sunday night I was feeling drained. Ironically missing Netflix and my go-to pizza delivery on UberEats. My body felt restless and was not ready to cope with a stressful and busy week at work — when I actually spent months believing I needed more external distractions to switch off from daily problems. It was disappointing not feeling the excitement I was expecting after all those days looking forward to those encounters. I was socially hungover (NGL also a little bit from alcoholic reasons) and there wasn’t a detox juice for that.

Knowing now that sometimes what your body and mind need isn’t exactly what you think you miss the most, I am ready to take one early bird booking at a time.

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