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3 Lessons I Learned From Quarantine
Reflecting on the past 6 months spent claiming financial support in the middle of a pandemic.
New Brunswick, the province that I live in was the only province around that was hit the least by this pandemic. At the time of writing this, we have had 193 cases confirmed, 189 recovered and only 2 deaths.
The province is second-lowest to P.E.I which has a reported 55 cases, 47 recovered and no deaths. A province that only has a seventh of New Brunswick population.
Overall, the pandemic has only grazed the province, though a lot has happened. A lot of stores closed down, businesses have folded, and many of us were encouraged to stay inside. It’s only now where things have been slowly coming back to normal.
And I like to think that many people are coming out of this with more knowledge and lessons. After all, some people’s behaviour has changed — beyond what COVID-19 has enforced on us to live with — along with myself.
How Memory Can Impact Your Reaction And Actions
Everyone had different reactions to when this pandemic hit of course, but these sorts of reactions are actually quite predictable. Even before this pandemic hit, you could tell to some extent how people would…
