How have you adapted to the changes brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic?
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Covid didn’t just test my patience…
it quietly turned me into a full-time everything manager 😄
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Suddenly, I wasn’t just “mom” anymore —
I was a teacher (online classes 📚),
an IT support system (“Mummaaa, the internet is gone again!”),
a chef on 24×7 demand (“Can we eat something different today?”),
and somehow… still expected to function like a normal human.
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And the kids were little.
So there was no shortcut, no “manage on your own”…
it was hands-on, all day, every day.
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Mornings began with logins and confusion,
switching between apps, classes, and tiny voices calling my name.
Afternoons melted into a loop of meals, snacks, and “just something different.”
Evenings were half work, half chaos…
and by night, I didn’t even know what day it was.
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It wasn’t structured.
It wasn’t perfect.
It was… real.
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And along with all this… there was also a quiet, constant fear.
The fear of losing our loved ones.
The pain of not being able to be there in someone’s hardest moments.
The distance, the helplessness…
a kind of ache that words can never fully explain.
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There were moments of complete exhaustion —
when everything felt like too much.
Too many roles, too much noise,
and not a single pause.
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But somewhere in between all this…
something beautiful started happening.
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We stopped trying to do everything “right”…
and started doing everything together.
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Classes had background interruptions,
the kitchen had experiments (and a few disasters 🤭),
routine had no fixed shape…
but the house slowly filled with something warmer than perfection —
belonging.
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We didn’t sit and say “let’s cope.”
We just… showed up for each other.
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Helped where we could,
adjusted where we had to,
laughed when things went wrong,
and figured it out — one messy day at a time.
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And slowly, without even realizing…
this is how we adapted.
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Not by controlling everything,
but by holding on to each other.
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And maybe that’s the real twist
we thought we were just managing a difficult phase…
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but actually,
we were building a kind of togetherness
that normal life never gives you time for.
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Because coping isn’t about having everything under control.
It’s about how you stand with your people when nothing is.
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In my case, there was no perfect system,
no perfect balance…
just a lot of shared effort, small joys, and silent understanding.
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And when I look back now…
it doesn’t feel like just a hard time.
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It feels like a phase where life was loud, messy, unpredictable…
but also full of togetherness.
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And somehow, in the middle of all that chaos…
we didn’t just get through it
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we grew through it,
together 🙂
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—Rajeshwari 🧿💕
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So much unacknowledged by own people and the world is filled to the brim here
So true professor saheb… a lot goes unnoticed until we pause and really feel it. Thank you for seeing it so deeply 🤍
Baba & God’s gift , that drushti to see that goes unnoticed. Your name reverberates
Nice post. Really relatable—Covid changed life for all of us. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much… glad you found it relatable ✨
Covid was a perfect surrender 🙌
It caught everyone off guard 😂and just like you said, you suddenly had to be an expert at everything 😂
So true… it really was a sudden surrender, and we all became experts overnight 😄✨
Relatable! COVID changed how we live. We all had to go virtual during the lockdown period.
Absolutely… it truly reshaped how we live and connect. Glad it resonated ✨
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Stressful yet we survived….that is what I feel looking back.
So true… it was tough, but we came through it stronger ✨
Aww……so cute…😇,
Pandemic mostly was on negative side, but the positive side of it is, it brought families together in some way or other. I myself experienced.
It’s true so we lost so many people near & dear…..may they rest in peace 🙏
So true… amidst all the loss, it quietly brought hearts closer. Cherishing those moments, and remembering our loved ones with prayers 🙏✨
Thank you 🤍
This felt very close to home.
That phase where everything overlaps and you’re just moving from one role to another without even thinking… you captured that so honestly.
Also the shift you mentioned, from trying to manage everything to just showing up for each other… that’s what most people realised much later.
You write these everyday moments in a way that people actually see their own lives in it.
Thank you so much for this Vidisha… it truly means a lot ✨ I’m really glad those moments felt familiar that quiet shift is something I’m still learning to understand 💛
So true, we didn’t just endure it, we evolved through it, side by side. It’s a deeply realistic and thoughtful reflection. Covid became a profound teacher, revealing new ways of living and working, like WFH, which continues to shape many organisations even today.💫✨💐
Thank you! So true we didn’t just endure it, we evolved together. Glad it resonated 💫✨
Covid changed us all. Honestly being stuck with people made me realize, they’re not bad. (family) lol. But yes Covid taught us so many things!
true! 😄 Sometimes it just takes a pause to see people a little more clearly. Covid really changed perspectives in the simplest ways.