Barbara

62

01/04/2021

Jay NY/ Columbia NJ

4/5/20 I left my hospice RN position that I loved because the company was ill prepared to provide safety to its employees. If anything I feel although a difficult decision to leave, it was the right one.

Simpler and happier. My family to of 4 remain together observing continued social restrictions. Spending less, enjoying lack of outside commitments.

I feel well, not stressed unless I have to go out & about which I do at a minimum

There is a community Facebook in my NJ hometown which is quite negative, intolerant and nasty towards one another. There is a political bent that seems to influence every post. I no longer participate. I am surprised that rather than people being supportive of one another, we have turned against each other.

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I was an essential worker as a RN. I felt very guilty leaving the front lines in order to protect myself and my family. This was not what I wanted to do or have done in the past. As a critical care nurse I would prefer the front lines as I did in 9/11 as a hospice RN I could have offered comfort to those whose families were not allowed to visit. My family begged me to quit as I am 62 and my husband has cancer. It was very difficult to adjust to initially.

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Yes my son is a senior in high school doing remote learning. My daughter graduated from grad school & came back home, unemployed. I love having them here. We are still getting along well. A blessing out of a horrible pandemic.

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We zoomed cocktails every weekend initially. Now less so. I use the internet for information on multiple topics. Not a big fan of social media in general.

We simplified and celebrated various milestones with just us 4, outside when weather permitted. It's been lovely, I dont miss the broader social obligations.

We gave 4 cats who have benefitted from more love, attention and catnip

Appreciation of what's not that important after all, simpler goals, living within our means yding what we have. Less obligations, stress and deadlines. Looking out my window more often for longer periods of time.

I lost co workers ( nurses & doctors) a dear friends husband died. Otherwise we remain home when we can and get tested when we have been exposed to larger gatherings of family members.

I am grateful that my 89 year old mom died a year ago and was not exposed to all this. I miss her dearly but the stress and anxiety of being her care giver under these circumstances would have very difficult. I would had to have moved in with her, and left my family.

How stupid people are. I had no idea our population was so ignorant, hateful and quick to forfeit our society. I appreciate differences of opinion and respect that. This is much more than that. We need to address the deep hurts and dissatisfactions that exists in our nation in order for our democracy to exist for each one of us.

Who leads our country is very important. Left or right is less important than character, intelligence and empathy. Make change in local government, our Congress & Senate. The president needs to be a person of outstanding abilities. Keep life simpler, reflect on what's really important. Like yourself Be in a position of relying on yourself, not others.

Unfortunately I dont think the lessons learned will be long lived. Where we could alter our behaviors for the better I fear we will be quick to fall back to old ways that are less beneficial to ourselves, our community our world at large.

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Barbara

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