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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A lot of stuff just never restarted because of laziness. At my kids' ES alone, many field trips are not back yet, many of the assemblies/all-school gatherings are still not back, several grade-level musical performances are not back, field day and holiday celebrations are shadows of their former selves. None of this is due to fear of Covid. Its just shear laziness. Nobody can be bothered and its sad.

Same is true with neighborhood potlucks, wine clubs, poker clubs, book clubs, etc. Many aren't happening any more and the ones that are have a fraction of their former attendance. Again, not fear of Covid, just laziness and people's preference to just sit at home in their sweat pants. I'm not sure we will ever fully recover from that. [/quote]

I have noticed the same and I agree. [b]It seems like a fair number of people just don’t want to do anything anymore[/b]. It took the public libraries until literally LAST MONTH (September of 2023!) to get back to normal hours. I still don’t see as many preschool/little kid events there as I used to. There used to be a book club in my neighborhood, it stopped during Covid and never returned. The HOA used to put on a Christmas/holiday party - nothing big, just an indoor/outdoor thing at the clubhouse and in the parking lot, during the day for the kids to enjoy. Cancelled in 2020 and never returned.

It’s like we spent so long cooped up that we eventually came to prefer it + people are so burnt out after working and taking care of kids at the same time since schools and sometimes even day cares were closed, that no one has the energy to organize anything anymore. [/quote]

Maybe people realized they were doing too much. Too much nonsense. Too much filling their lives with meaningless people and activities that kept you busy but didn’t really enrich your life.  I don’t have room, time or patience for low value people in my life anymore. Covid helped me realize who and what was really important to me. [/quote]
So, what do you do all the time? Stay home and only interact with your nuclear family? Sounds boring, but I’m guessing that you were always like this, so COVID didn’t change anything. [/quote]

You are obviously trying to be argumentative, but when it comes to post-pandemic socialization, it's complicated. Some people who are prone to social anxiety found comfort in avoiding social situations and are now struggling to resume higher levels of social contact. Some initially felt the loss of socialization acutely but internalized the message that prolonged isolation was necessary to prevent the spread of COVID, until they lost touch with the part of themselves that craved social interactions. As a result, social events no longer feel worth the time and effort. There's also the division that began with Trump's election and continued through the pandemic and the fallout from George Floyd that fractured social groups and left people on edge for a variety of reasons. Some people who struggled during COVID, whether due to illness, job loss, or working and caring for young children, still feel wounded and unseen.

I can speak for myself and say that as someone who derived satisfaction from volunteering my time and participating in community activities, the lack of compassion I've seen in parts of my community left me feeling unmoored and detached. The need for belonging is an essential part of our well-being, both physical and mental. Recent events and isolation caused many to lose the connections that created a sense of belonging and gave their lives purpose.

I strongly believe that much of what people are calling laziness in both children and adults is simply a demonstration of loneliness and purposelessness in a world that no longer makes sense. People are still trying to figure out an answer to the question, "What's the point?" Without a sense of belonging, motivation suffers.[/quote]

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