So the government have announced an ease on the lock down being observed starting from May 4th, this means that we can finally go back to our various jobs and get a chance to do some of the things that we are used to doing. The lock down has not been called off completely, this is just to ease it so that certain industries that contribute to the social and economic development of the country can resume their functionalities.
In the past month of this lock down, my friends and I joined the bandwagon of people complaining about boredom from staying home all day, some complained about hunger and few more complained about the "work from home" system, saying it was more demanding than working from the office.
As a radio show host presenter that I am, I certainly find working from home more tedious than actually being in the studio. The radio has been running shows which requires that presenters record their programs at home and send over to the studio. For this, I have suffered the terribly from dragging my devices to different section of the house looking for where I can get the most quietness, I just happen to have some of the loudest neighbors EVER, so yeah, that has been frustrating.
Now, with the knowledge that work resumes in a matter of days, I am doubting if I sincerely want to resume work in the office space. The thing with humans, especially the ones from Nigeria is that we are usually reluctant to try anything that stands to utter our accepted way of life, we therefore rant about everything and create connections to unrelated issues. However, give us time and limited options, we adjust and boy, we adjust too fast and too well. If you dare introduce a change again we happily resume our rants.
I have come to realize that my month long complaints has just been in my head but never made it to my heart, this is to say that i never truly meant most of my rants. I honestly wish the lock down continues even though I recognize how difficult life has been and will become for some people/families.
Currently, there are so many families that can not feed twice a day because they have to ration the little they have so that it will last them longer, there are also employed people who are not certain of receiving any salaries this month because many companies have not been functioning, the effect of the lock down is relative and maybe this ease on it will truly help to ease the plight of people/families that are truly suffering from it.
All the same, what I know is that i ain't ready.
My sleep routine has been damaged so much that I find myself having less than three hours of sleep daily. I stay up most day till 3AM and some, days later. I spend the better part of my day sitting in awkward positions working.
My eating structure has also been affected, within the last two week, I have grown tired of food especially food prepared by me, and I have no one else to provide me with variety (this is where I miss my Buka and fast food joints). I crave the weirdest foods, foods that I cannot get or even prepare.
The thought of having to "rush" buses to get to work alone is exhausting, talk more the stress of sitting in traffic for hours. I am also sure that transportation fare is about to be tripled too as a result of the reduced number of passengers a bus can carry and the high demand of same.
My fear of the virus is still lurking around somewhere in my head. Even with the lock down Lagos, was discovering up to seventy cases and above on a daily, how much more now that a bulk of the citizens will be going back into society at the same time?, I guess it is truly a battle of the best immune system winning.
My list of excuses will be endless if I decide to go on, but at the same time, they might not be considered valid and strong enough to unease the lock down. If you are in the same category with me, kindly signify below and if you are excited to go back to work, please leave us with some tips that might pump our energies too.
Love, Nina.
Comments
Post a Comment