Getting away from it all post Lockdown

[Mondayhermit]

Before 2020 I often used to see lots of posts on social media along the lines of 'would you like to go off to a cabin with no WiFi, TV etc' and lots of people, women especially would comment to say that they would love the solitude and peace. I've noticed that since we were all made to go into Isolation (admittedly most with family members), that such posts don't appear any more. Did the reality teach us that we need contact with others more than we realised? I've lived alone for over 30 years and I do recall that even for me, life was more isolating during lockdown and I craved human contact. Even a few words exchanged with a shop assistant took on extra meaning.

Indeed. And this is precisely why the prolonged lockdowns were so cruel and inhumane, especially to children in their formative years, who will pay the price for decades to come.

It would be interesting to know if, for some people, lockdown was the kick-start to a new way of simpler living that has continued since. I know there was quite a rush of people moving out of bigger cities to more rural areas when the mass 'work from home' began. (And a fair few returning to cities when they realised it wasn't necessarily so easy or idilic). For me, life changed for ever because my mother died in a care home during the first lock down, so my caring responsibilities never resumed. I just don't know how to evaluate how common my experience has been.