A Post Coronavirus Hope

The end of the coronavirus crisis is not yet in sight, but there are some hopeful signs. New quick turnaround tests are being deployed in large scale trials, hydroxychloroquine is showing great early promise as a cure, and vaccines are 10 months to a year out. This being the case, it is not too early to begin learning lessons that we will carry with us as we enter the post-virus era. The one that I want to focus on here is summarized in two words: Slow Down!


We have been a "Go-Go" society pretty much across the board for a long while - too much work, kids over-scheduled with sports, extracurricular classes, even vacations so tightly scheduled in order to "see everything" that we come home and are exhausted. This has led to burnout at all levels, even kids. 

One of the things that I have been starting to hear is that the enforced slower pace that most of us are now living is actually kind of nice in allowing us to enjoy the luxury of time. As a lawyer, I was once told by an older hand to be sure to balance my life between career and family. After all he said, no lawyer's last words were, "Gee, I wish I had more billable hours!" Sage advice and I hope one of the points of recalibration in all of our lives that we act as we move into better times.