Adapting To The New Normal

‘The new normal’ – words that seem empty and so weighted, all at once, right? How can we call it the new normal when no part of it feels normal?

- Smriti Notani

Is it normal to not see your loved ones for months on end? Is it normal to not take in the sights and sounds our magnificent world has to offer? Is it normal to not go to a movie theatre and devour cinema with Dolby sound with hot, buttered popcorn to boot? Is it normal to not take a chai break with a colleague when work is stressing us out but ping them on Whatsapp instead? For that matter, is it normal to be worried about the economy to the point where our own jobs and futures seem insecure? Just the thought alone makes me shudder. To be completely honest, I have begun to detest this term ‘new normal’. Having said that, I would be the biggest nincompoop if I didn’t wake up and smell the coffee: nothing is how it used to be! So where does that leave me? There’s only two ways to go from here: be stuck in limbo (doesn’t sound appealing to me) or to pivot. At the risk of sounding like American Television’s favourite nerd, paleontologist Ross Gellar from FRIENDS, I’m screaming ‘PIVOT’ at the top of my lungs to anyo