50 Things It’s Ok To Miss While in Quarantine
- Waking up on a Saturday and thinking, “what shall we do today,” and then having a whole list of ideas at your fingertips.
- Going out to restaurants on the weekend.
- Going out to restaurants, period.
- The crowd of a concert as they sway to a great song.
- Concerts.
- Showing up for the ones you love in person.
- Cleaning your home once per week.
- The way your mom gives really tight, wonderful hugs. Or whomever that amazing hugger in your life is —it’s ok to miss that. It’s ok to miss your mom, too.
- Kissing your nieces and nephews on the cheeks.
- Air kisses with friends.
- Hugging your friends.
- Hugging your family.
- Handshakes with new friends.
- Handshakes at the start of a meeting.
- Meetings in person.
- Putting on lotion when you felt like it — not because your hands are cracking from so much soap and water.
- Smooth hands.
- Holding your nieces and nephews.
- Playing without a socially distant perimeter with your nieces and nephews.
- Surprising your grandmother at her nursing home.
- Surprising your parents with a visit whenever you feel like it.
- Going to the gym.
- Going to the grocery store without any hesitation.
- Not giving a second thought as to whether or not the shelves will be stocked at a grocery store.
- Mountains of toilet paper at Costco.
- Shopping at a brick and mortar boutique.
- Going to the movies.
- Casually getting a cup of coffee from our favorite place on weekend mornings.
- The freedom to travel without fear.
- Traveling, period.
- Acupuncture.
- Seeing a full audience.
- Going to the theatre.
- Theatre.
- …or sports.
- Hobbies that were just hobbies — not a lifeline to entertainment.
- Teaching — your students, or the fact that your children are being taught by someone other than you.
- Listening to what happened in your spouse or partners workday.
- Laughing with colleagues.
- The sound of laughter as it fills the room — not from a screen.
- The choice to stay in or go out.
- The choice to drive or take the train.
- Cab rides that cost too much money.
- Manicures.
- Pedicures.
- Getting your haircut — AND washed. Everyone loves that scalp massage.
- Blowouts.
- Typical work days.
- Choices.
- Certainty.
