2 June 2021 12:10 am
Like a fabled fairy tale, along came an evil enemy and changed our lives overnight. Rather than fight a substantive adversary we battle an unseen illusive one. We took refuge in the safety of our homes, behind closed doors we hugged our loved ones and pondered on our fate. In those quiet moments we reminisced on what we lost ..and we wanted it back. We understood that the only way forward was to fight the disease with a changed perspective on our everyday lives. Not accepting defeat we communed with others in the most powerful weapon that we had, the virtual world. Living online has been the lifeline to regaining a semblance of our everyday lives whilst at the same time keeping our families safe. Children, not being able to physically attend school or extra curricular classes have been able to resume their education. This new revolution has indeed given rise to the modern world, a virtual existence which at first might seem fraught with issues because of the newness of it, but in actuality offers our children as well as ourselves a bigger better world to live in.
Benefits of living online
2 Communication - It also allows you to regularly keep in touch with loved ones where ever you are without relying on snail mail. Meeting online sometimes turns out to be more regular rather than finding the time to physically meet. Friends and family who might not be able to attend important events due to distance can easily be part of important events of your life as they unfold.
3 Education – Online schooling as been the only way forward with our children resuming their everyday lives. Undergraduates have been able to spend time in safety with their families whilst also following foreign degrees. In the difficult situation we have found ourselves in, online learning has been the lifeline for normality.
4 Entertainment – When once attending a concert, touring a museum or even doing a yoga class needed to be planned, your new online world lets you in with the right link. Your horizons have indeed broaden and it keeps growing with the changes in times.
5 Work and Enterprise – Many companies who were able to, made the shift to work from home. In addition, a new era of workers rose, the entrepreneurs. With a wider market to tackle at their fingerr tips, advertising portals in everyday social medias, individuals were motivated to put into fruition that daydream that they once had, and make it into a business. Obviously for most this online world is still a fantasy. Much like a mission to Mars we ponder at its success frustrated by our own inabilities of being technically proficient. But whether we are Millennials, Gen Z or the rise of the Gen Alphas, we ALL need to get “techy” savy fast. The virus changed our lives and in some instances for the better. It opened up a more efficient way of living, one which stretched our potential. So brew yourself a cuppa, get cosy and click to begin..a whole new world is waiting.