In 2020, it has been incredibly hard and frustrating to stay connected with your friends and relatives, due to COVID 19’s quarantine. But, there are some ways in which quarantine has helped people to come together and spend more time together.
Firstly, how have communities come together during COVID 19 and quarantine?
Professors of philanthropic studies have observed that this pandemic, and many others in the past, have brought out the best in many people, where they take initiative to come together and help out others in their community. They want to help others out, keep themselves busy, inform themselves and others on what is going on and wants to add meaning to their life. We as humans do that best by being social. So since the quarantine started, many neighbors and communities have started helping each other out way more. This also motivates society to create a new norm, where communities help out each other just because they want to.
Earlier, before the pandemic, developing countries were usually the ones who had strong bonds between people in the country because the infrastructure wasn’t good enough for everyone to do things on their own. Helping your friends nearby with their daily tasks often was their way of doing things. However, in developed countries, the infrastructure was very reliable and people didn’t need their neighbors to help out. But during the pandemic, communities in all countries have learned to make social groups rely on each other if anything goes wrong—this has definitely improved social relationships.
Another thing that has helped us a lot during the pandemic is our technology. People have created websites for people who want to help out faster. Everything has a part to play and people are more efficient in their communities.
But also, it’s given us online platforms to easily communicate with others. It’s much harder to do, but since people don’t have to meet up anywhere, no actual plans need to be made on transport, timings, places to meet up, what to do, and other time-consuming procedures. Having one call and people not being less busy saves time. Also, people can do more with their friends and family.
Individual families and houses have also got around to spending more time together. Technology and apps like zoom and google met are easy to use, so families are able to virtually reunite almost every week than before when they used to spend time together about twice a year if they live far away. Family members are also able to make more time for each time for each other because simple things that take up a lot of time during their weeks like grocery shopping or work is now online. Commute to different areas in your city for grocery shopping, work meetings at restaurants, or going to the office, and coming back is no longer required and therefore saves a lot of time. Extra curricular activities for parents, adults, or children are now canceled and again, therefore, making more time. Families have been utilizing all this time to learn new skills together or simply take a day off and have as much fun as you can from home.
In conclusion, although the pandemic has been a pain and quarantine has made things very different and new, people are learning to adjust and adapt to it in the best way possible. Different isn’t always bad, it’s just not what you’re used to.
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