Lock to the Down 5- Day 1

So yet again we find ourselves yet again in lockdown- the third for the year and the fifth in around 18 months!

A useful image from Nine News- on the last lockdown the words that got off were “restrictions ongoing”

I know I remember saying or writing after the last lockdown that I don’t know if I could survive another lockdown and truth be told that still applies; and no doubt applies to a lot of people! After all, just looking at the graphic I posted above, you can see that while the biggest chunk of time was in Victorians’ second lockdown, the cumulative effort of the lockdowns add up- in the roughly 18 month period, we’ve only had six months of some sort of “normal” life experience.

What annoys me is that tonight- Friday the 16th July 2021- I was supposed to go on a second date with this awesome and amazing individual! So, as you can tell, I’m not happy Jan!

What also annoys me is that all of these lockdowns (ignoring the second wave one), has it’s origins in the same beginnings i.e. either breaches of hotel “quarantine” or people doing the wrong thing yet again (like in this lockdown!)

It is literally frustrating that the roll of the die is always in progress yet the results are literally still coming up the same way- authorities don’t enforce the rules or refuse to act to change things and it’s the collective of us individuals where we have to go on hold again!

Why wasn’t the border with New South Wales closed down at least a week ago, or probably two? I have my own theories on that, maybe slight crack pot I’m not going to lie, but we’ve always done this- say what you want about the incompetent “Premier” of NSW, but they’ve always been quick to deny Victorians access when anything goes wrong- why can’t we do that? Especially since its a variant that is been shown to be so dangerous'; as Norman Swann from the ABC has said time after time it’s better to go in early and hard and seek forgiveness later- after all if this works this will “only” be for five days but I would say it won’t!

Time will tell no doubt (duh!) what will happen- I still have to work and I will continue to do my best to post on a daily basis.

Take care of each other!

gggg

Musings

So I haven't posted in a while so I thought (yeah, yeah I know I've said this before!) I'll try to get back into the swing of things.

I wanted to put down a few words about an experience I had last year.

My dream job finally got advertised and to cut a long story short; I didn't get it nor even an interview. This despite (both in my mind and friends who work for the company) thinking and saying to me I would be the perfect person for the position.

Anyway; it got me thinking as to how we deal with disappointment and how life doesn't go according to our grand plans. Now first thing I will have to say is that while I was disappointed that I didn't get the job, I realised that I wasn't as upset as I thought I would be.

Yes; I was slightly pissed for a day or two after the news, but then I got some perspective. Maybe it had to do with my good friend pointing out to me the job would have been late shifts and/or overnight shifts (god help me!); or maybe it was just me maturing as a person; but it wasn't as heartbreaking as I thought it would be.

Why?

Quite possibly it's because I still am employed and despite the politics and some of the bullshit going on there; complaining about not getting my dream job is a first world problem. I mean, I'm employed in an essentially full time job doing a position that on a whole I quite enjoy doing. Compare this with the many millions of others in the world that's homeless, destitute or needing a helping hand while society ignores them as if they don't exist.

Perspective isn't it?

Anyway, what got me thinking about it was this link that I saw on the Huffington Post. While not directly related; it's to do with the stigma of doing things alone. 

It's well worth a read and pondering about. 

Take care everyone!