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MENTAL HEALTH
COVID as a Chance for Personal Growth? No Thank You.
Can’t we all finally admit that we are just barely surviving?
Lately, all of my social media feeds have unanimously decided that it was time for Emilia to finally become the best version of herself.
Meh.
I have since been bombarded by things that I should do, shouldn’t do, should buy, shouldn’t buy, should use, and shouldn’t use — and all of these supposedly helping me with something that (according to Meta’s algorithm it seems) I have painfully neglected: personal growth.
All of my social media channels are begging me to be grateful for the unique opportunity that COVID has gifted me. Apparently what hasn’t killed me should have made me stronger.
But you know what? It hasn’t.
According to my Instagram feed, I should have become an expert pastry chef by now. All this time that I’ve had on my hands, and I haven’t spent every waking hour perfecting my homemade, super Instagrammable banana bread? How negligent of me. No, my banana bread is still a dry lump of something, but certainly not edible cake.
Oh, and what about that smashing good-looking summer body of mine that I should have by now? Oh no, I must have missed…
