People are Having Trouble with Self-Isolation Because We’ve Become Too Accustomed to Convenience
We want what we want and we want it now.
You can get pretty much anything you need at your fingertips today simply by tapping your phone. You can order a car and have it arrive to the exact spot you’re standing, watching it on your screen as it makes its way to you. You can order food so you don’t have to learn how to cook. You can order clothes, tech, games, books, paper towels, toilet paper (except right now) and cleaning supplies right to your door. And, heaven forbid, it takes longer than three days to reach you — how could the company be so careless and cruel?!
People have become so used to having everything they want when they want it that they can’t handle it when forced to give it up for a temporary window of time. And, that’s the word. Temporary. We aren’t going to live like this, most of us safe in our homes, for the rest of our lives (although, anxiety likes to tell us otherwise). This is just a temporary way of living.
People have become upset because it takes them longer to go to the grocery store due to restrictions like how many people are allowed inside, how far away you need to stand. Mad because the restrictions are put in place to keep them, and everyone else, safe. They just need to pop…
