By now there is basically almost only one subject that concerns the world; and that is the Corona Virus. It has life all over the planet quite firmly in it’s grip. Also us here. I have been -like a lot of people- since almost two months cooped up at home. Trying myself at homeoffice, baking whatever the internet suggests (and that has chocolate in it) and maintaining some sort of rhythm. I think we can all agree that it is a big change in some ways at least and overall for everyone a big challenge.
I did not want to include the virus in this blog; it is so omnipresent, I felt it does not also need the attention of us tiny deers with our tiny blog. But being what it is and what the virus has made happen, it did and still does affect us and our plans to some extent. Stores have been closed for the time being, public transportation should be used as little as possible and people should generally stay home as often as possible. So traveling to the Jura and looking for building supplies has been (almost) impossible the last weeks.
We did do some planning from home as much as we can and try, like everyone, to make the best of these challenging times. There are a lot of fun aspects to it and I have over time started to appreciate my sunny homeoffice spot more every day. Sam could go to work, enjoys the time outside and leaves me nice notes in the morning and sends me pictures of nature-(art) from work.
But concerning our project some major relevant steps could not be taken or have to be taken in a different approach (we’ll fill you in on that in the next post 🙂 ).It became clear rather fast: the situation will push our building -and therefore probably also the finishing- date further back. I am not going to lie: that is a frustrating feeling as it brings even more uncertainty to the whole project. (And as we know, I don’t always handle that all that well… on the plus side: I currently have plenty of time at home to stare at my bedroom ceiling 😉 )
But all jokes aside: in times like these when it feels that almost all of our rituals, our daily life has changed and like some things have been “taken away” from us, we realized how important it is to stick with your dreams and your visions and your plans and not just give up on them because of all this uncertainty. Because those are yours and yours to keep and develop and nurture to grow. Yes, we need to be a lot more flexible in life at the moment and be ready for plans to take a different path than originally intended. But this is not the end of the world – much more, it feels kind of like a restart to me. It is a chance to reflect on a lot of things in the larger sense on our planet and also ones own life, to question some of those routines, rituals and decisions. And maybe give them a new boost, some new energy. It might be a scary and frustrating time but it is also a time to hope and to believe in exiting new beginnings.
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