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How Covid Made Time More Important Than Money
It makes sense to prioritize what matters and separate it from what you won’t be sad to leave behind when the Grim Reaper calls
Not long ago, many people began work during their morning commute to the office. Throngs of laptop-clad early birds tapped away on buses and trains, hoping to get ahead of the productivity game. Then Covid swept the world and silenced the blind enthusiasm to do, do, do, and ignited slowdown.
Overactive industrial types panicked when the push and shove of must-get-more-done society stopped. But as nations ground to a halt, roads cleared, and flower meadows beckoned, the blinders fell from work-weary eyes, and the truth was out. Working your fingers to the knuckles doesn’t make you happy, but an abundance of time does, and freedom does, and leading a life of well-being does it best of all.
Although the sudden emergence of free time shocked them, people were ready to embrace it and take it to heart. Soon, even the prospect of mounting debt and reduced unemployment aid became less significant than liberation.
In the UK, many people who lost their jobs because of Covid restrictions aren’t seeking work, and those forced to take a break aren’t keen to return to the grind.
