Post-Pandemic Friendships
Are we still friends?
Dear Dani,
Saying that 2020 was a global cultural reset is not an over exaggeration.
It’s the objective truth.
Because going through the pandemic was an experience that all of us on the planet now have in common. But through all the chaos, devastation and struggles, fragments of clarity managed to rise to the top.
Many of us have emerged a bit differently post-pandemic. Some developed extra neuroticism and others leaned more to hedonism. If you’re like me, you picked up a little bit of both.
One thing is for sure, the pandemic affected my friendships big time.
(Graphic by Dani Roche)
During the first few weeks of lockdown, the introvert in me was secretly thriving. I have a bad habit of overbooking myself out of fear of letting people down or missing out on potential opportunities. Let me tell you, not knowing how to say “no” plus being addicted to intoxicating conversation is a weird combination.
The truth is, your girl is an ambivert to the core. You can easily find me locked away in a tall, tall tower of self-development books, and in the same breath spot me in a crowded festival, touching an ungodly amount of elbows. My love for solitude and being around people is equal.
Because connection is something I value whether I get it biologically or digitally.