So how about this for a theory\u2026.<\/b>That there is a chance.. A real possibility\u2026 <\/b>
\n<\/b> That If we keep on doing the right things.. <\/b>
\n<\/b>We might just come out of this pandemic –\u00a0 in some ways, i<\/b>ndividually – better
\nthan the way we were thrown in.<\/b>
\n<\/b>
\n<\/b>We\u2019ve been talking\u00a0 a lot about things like. \u201cWhat the pandemic has taught is..
\nAnd \u201cthings that are not so bad about this whole situation after all\u201d.
\nThere\u2019s positives if you know where to look for them.<\/b>
\n<\/b>And at this point, idk about you.. But I try and seek out the positives w<\/b>here I can.<\/b><\/p>\n
For one thing..\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0The pandemic is starting to <\/b>make people more frugal<\/b><\/a>, after decades of materialism. Up until now we\u2019ve been taking disposable things for granted..<\/b> But since this pandemic has hit.. I know I\u2019ve caught myself washing and reusing ziploc bags from the freezer\u2026<\/b>
\nPeople are doing everything from washing and reusing Ziploc bags to making sure to eat all of their leftovers.<\/b><\/p>\n
\n<\/b>from paper plates, plastic cutlery, and K-cups to burner phones and even <\/b>disposable computers<\/span><\/a> \u2026
\nwe all know somebody who\u2019s t<\/b>ossed out\u00a0 an unopened bottle of water because it had been removed
\n<\/b>from the fridge. That\u2019s how we\u2019ve each ended up throwi<\/b>ng out over 2500 lbs of trash e<\/strong>very year,
\nthe equivalent <\/b>weight of two grizzly bears<\/span><\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n
\n<\/b>Punching holes in the bottoms of\u00a0 tin cans to use as garden plant starters –\u00a0 starting a compost bin,
\nand feeding it all the vegetable scraps\u2026
\n<\/b>
\n<\/b>What positive changes have YOU noticed in your day to day life<\/b>
\n<\/b>And daily routine over the last few months?<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"So how about this for a theory\u2026.That there is a chance.. A real possibility\u2026 That If we keep on doing the right things.. We might just come out of this pandemic –\u00a0 in some ways, individually – better than the way we were thrown in. We\u2019ve been talking\u00a0 a lot about things like. \u201cWhat the","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":9563,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,3926],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afternoons","category-morning-show"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-29 07:55:59","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/chok.com\/blogs\/afternoons\/2020\/05\/lockdown-life-the-good\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9562"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9564,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9562\/revisions\/9564"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}