Before 2019 , we all were clueless about words like quarantine , self- isolation, lockdown , coronavirus, etc. These words along with their effectiveness made a huge impact on our life, which was totally unexpected.Coronavirus hit us by surprise and consumed us within months. Nobody predicted that it would kill so many people, force countries to implement lockdown, shut schools, businesses, and public places and put our lives on hold .

IS QUARANTINE LIFE AN EASY LIFE ?

Quarantine life is not an easy life . We have known since our childhood that humans are social animals and the greatest repurcurssion was social distancing . Many of us were unable to see their closed ones , while some were unfortunate to not even bid a last farewell to their closed ones.

We all have heard the saying , there's always a little good in every evil , well quarantine life just gave us a hint of taste about this proverb . Quarantine gave people time for insight and also reminded people about the importance of family, mental and physical fitness etc. Though the greatest thing that we all learnt in a tough way was, one should always find happiness in small things and that life is very volatile so never wait for a tomorrow.

Quarantine is neither a comfort zone nor a terror state. Because it taught us how to develop skills which we rarely used before , such as adaptability . We learnt to survive during catastrophic events , and found new ways to connect and collaborate with people. We learnt to look out for our loved and dear ones even if we had to go way out of our way. Hence I would conclude by saying that irrespective of quarantine being terror or a new comfort zone, it taught us the biggest lesson of survival of human spirit.

Prachi Chaurasia

S. Y. B. Pharm

Tags: MET Institute of Pharmacy