I feel more patient than usual right now. Of course there's been endless pandemic think pieces dedicated to how niceeeee it is to just slow downnnnnn and be upstateeeeee with loved ones and make sourdough but really, I do not miss the cult of busy-ness that is a normal part of life. As facets of it return with things slowly opening up - I find myself experiencing levels of patience that I embarrassingly can't remember having before. Last week I had some errands to run- I drove to a framer a few suburbs over with some wedding pictures I've been wanting to frame. When I arrived, they told me (masked through their screen door) that they were only seeing people with pre-scheduled appointments. They said they could make an appointment for me if I'd like and that the next available was ten days away. Pre-pandemic me would've thought "What? This is nuts. I'm already here, I've already paid for parking. This won't long, can't they just take these pictures off my hands?!" but instead I said "That sounds great- yes that day works." After having things completely shut down for a few months, there's a sense of "I'm just happy to be here"- but about the outside world. I was glad to have an appointment for the framers which gave me another reason to leave the house ten days from now.
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I feel more patient than usual right now. Of course there's been endless pandemic think pieces dedicated to how niceeeee it is to just slow downnnnnn and be upstateeeeee with loved ones and make sourdough but really, I do not miss the cult of busy-ness that is a normal part of life. As facets of it return with things slowly opening up - I find myself experiencing levels of patience that I embarrassingly can't remember having before. Last week I had some errands to run- I drove to a framer a few suburbs over with some wedding pictures I've been wanting to frame. When I arrived, they told me (masked through their screen door) that they were only seeing people with pre-scheduled appointments. They said they could make an appointment for me if I'd like and that the next available was ten days away. Pre-pandemic me would've thought "What? This is nuts. I'm already here, I've already paid for parking. This won't long, can't they just take these pictures off my hands?!" but instead I said "That sounds great- yes that day works." After having things completely shut down for a few months, there's a sense of "I'm just happy to be here"- but about the outside world. I was glad to have an appointment for the framers which gave me another reason to leave the house ten days from now.