It’s the 5th lockdown here in Melbourne and today it was just announced that it will be extended for 7 more days. Having experienced this for the fifth time, people aren’t so surprised. The previous lockdown was extended for 2 weeks. And the one before that extended for almost a month. Last year alone, we endured 7month being locked down. At this point the word “lockdown” feels just like another rainstorm.

How I’m holding up? Honestly super fine. Have I told you? Ever since I moved to Melbourne, I started becoming more introverted- I enjoy spending most of my time with my personal energy. Especially since lockdown became a thing. It’s also because of the social anxiety that I have. Not as bad as before, but it’s still there. So lockdown is not something that I despise so much, at least not when it’s less than two weeks. If anything, it brings me more financial harm because dance classes don’t happen during lockdown. Well, also productivity. I get lazy, I watch series too much and wanna lay in bed all day. The worst part is that it gives me excuse to slack off because everybody’s on the same page and there are heaps of people lazier than me these days. Not a good excuse, Reinhard.

On the other side, I’ve also realised that this thing is eating at our youth, our productive age. With everything in the world slowing down (events, opportunities, etc.) and our age keep going at the same pace, I just can’t help to wonder if I’ll become too old to do anything once this is all over. The ultimate question is, when these things will be over. No one freakin’ knows. I could be 36 when I finally can go back to Indonesia to meet my family again (that is, if I stay here in Australia). The uncertainty of it is what makes it quite stressful.

Oh well, that means we just have to adapt to this situation and try our best to maxmise the time that we have, the best we can.