The last couple of days I have been musing a little about the world, current events, and where we fit into this confusing picture. And it is confusing, isn’t it? Please don’t tell me that I am the only one who wakes up and checks what new levels of craziness the world has descended into whilst we slept.
Dan Ariely, in The Upside of Irrationality, talks about how we adapt to new situations. Whether this be a life changing lottery win. Or on the other end of the spectrum, a life changing injury. Whichever end of the spectrum we move to, we will adapt to the new situation. And a lot better than we think. Like the apocryphal frog sat in water, waiting for it to boil, are we becoming immune to the new normal?
A piece of advice I have been sharing is for you to start journaling how you feel as we move through these uncertain times. Not only is the act of journaling therapeutic, and cathartic, but a year from now you will find it hard to believe the words you wrote as we lived it. This is an extraordinary time to be alive. There is no doubt of that.
Where does this leave us in regards to our pending departure? As I said earlier this week, it is evolving and changing every day. Just yesterday Qantas reduced their international flights by 90%. We are yet to see whether this includes our scheduled flight to Singapore, however, I suspect it will. And for the time being, Malaysia has closed it’s borders to foreign travellers. So even if we got to Singapore, we wouldn’t be able to leave for Malaysia as we intended.
Watching the Prime Minister’s press conference just this morning brought fresh news. Scott Morrison announced that international travel is banned. No ifs, nor buts. This means that for the first time in a few weeks we have some certainty. If not the certainty we would want.
So, just like the best agilists, we will pivot, and activate plan b. This involves us road tripping around this beautiful country of ours. We will continue to “inspect and adapt” over the coming days, but we will be doing a little more research on both the red centre, and up past Uluru, On to Darwin. And, also across the Nullarbor, to the west coast. We are checking out camper vans as we speak.
Tomorrow may well be different. It depends on what news we wake up to. But what we do know, is that we will be saying to goodbye to our current home in a few short days.
In the meantime, stay safe, look after each other, and keep journaling.
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