For this final, I would like us to reflect on how we are living in the COVID-19 era.
I would like you to find current examples of how people are "dealing" with living in the current era of
isolationism, fear, stress. Many individuals have either lost their jobs or are at least temporarily laid off if
they don't work for essential services. We have been asked by our local, state, and federal governments
to "shelter in place". Based on privilege people are experiencing varying levels of stress but ALL are
facing stress.
What are people doing to deal with this stress? What blogs do you read, what have you seen in social
media, what news briefs have you read? In the absence of "normal" daily meaning-making we all partake
in, what have people been doing to find a new way to "exist" and find equilibrium. These may be "healthy"
(exercise) or "unhealthy" (excessive drinking) states of meaning-making.
In a sense, people are finding alternative states of reality (consciousness) to live in currently and provide
meaning to their daily lives.
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