Does anyone else feel we've fallen into a "lull" period--where the world is still pretty terrible, but plenty of personal routines are now normalizing after coming out of more intense phases of pandemic?
Tons of friends are consumed with work & community functions as if we were back in 2019. It's interesting, because we still have a heck of a struggle ahead, but after having had *time* to reflect on that struggle, the cadence of everyday living has reasserted itself. Are we less ready to act?
@CrypticMirror That's a key factor, too. Ever since January 2017, I have been trying to remind myself that what we're living through is not normal. The moment we normalize extreme events, they become easy to gloss over as a static state. Remembering our flexibility as a species is our greatest strength.