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For some of us, it seems, our ability to adapt to reduced social contact and isolation indoors ("cabin fever") is quite pronounced. For others, adapting to these conditions is quite a challenge. People are different.
To me, it seems my wife is constantly doing unnecessary things that are needlessly "risky" in this age of the pandemic. But she considers these things necessary.
I think that it is a good idea to always plan contingencies, so that if one thing fails, another keeps you safe. When I wrote code for a living, that kind of thinking meant that my corporate overlords were generally pleased with the results.
I do the same thing in real life. For example, I wear a mask AND I maintain a social distance of 6 feet or more when in public at the same time. Under certain conditions I even wear a face shield (like this) in public too. This means that if I run into someone at the grocery store that is not wearing a mask and is not trying to maintain social distance, I can rely on either my mask or my efforts to maintain social distance, even when others seem to not care about these matters.
And, I avoid going out into public settings, if there are alternatives (such as ordering things on Amazon instead of going into a store downtown).
My wife is active in several gardening groups online. She has really done a lot around our home with her "green thumb" since the pandemic lock-downs started. Hey, it makes more sense than obsessing over a computer game that is more than 20 years old! She is actually more at risk than I due to certain health factors, yet she will contact gardening strangers and even trust herself meeting some of those people that are "anti-maskers" (according to their face-book posts). My wife thinks that as long as she wears a mask, everything will be fine AND that she has a need to "keep meeting people" that must be filled.
I just do my best to encourage her to be safe, and wince when she takes more chances than I do. I love my wife and need her.
I'm just not that motivated to take risks and am happy to meet people virtually (in various forums, Discord sessions, Skype sessions, Zoom sessions or Google Meet sessions) OR even not meet with them at all.
To me, it seems my wife is constantly doing unnecessary things that are needlessly "risky" in this age of the pandemic. But she considers these things necessary.
I think that it is a good idea to always plan contingencies, so that if one thing fails, another keeps you safe. When I wrote code for a living, that kind of thinking meant that my corporate overlords were generally pleased with the results.
I do the same thing in real life. For example, I wear a mask AND I maintain a social distance of 6 feet or more when in public at the same time. Under certain conditions I even wear a face shield (like this) in public too. This means that if I run into someone at the grocery store that is not wearing a mask and is not trying to maintain social distance, I can rely on either my mask or my efforts to maintain social distance, even when others seem to not care about these matters.
And, I avoid going out into public settings, if there are alternatives (such as ordering things on Amazon instead of going into a store downtown).
My wife is active in several gardening groups online. She has really done a lot around our home with her "green thumb" since the pandemic lock-downs started. Hey, it makes more sense than obsessing over a computer game that is more than 20 years old! She is actually more at risk than I due to certain health factors, yet she will contact gardening strangers and even trust herself meeting some of those people that are "anti-maskers" (according to their face-book posts). My wife thinks that as long as she wears a mask, everything will be fine AND that she has a need to "keep meeting people" that must be filled.
I just do my best to encourage her to be safe, and wince when she takes more chances than I do. I love my wife and need her.
I'm just not that motivated to take risks and am happy to meet people virtually (in various forums, Discord sessions, Skype sessions, Zoom sessions or Google Meet sessions) OR even not meet with them at all.
