I Discovered a New New York Walking Through the Pandemic
This daily dose of exploration and time spent outside saved my mental health.
Hope is eternal, or that’s what they say. I’m reflective, I’m optimistic, I’ve changed. The sense of New York City past, while we enter into the new version of New York City gives us the space to contemplate a lot about our previous lives in a city that has been in hibernation for 12 months. Our day to day lives have changed drastically and that is something we have to personally work through. What many people don’t realize outside of the city is that many former residents left the island for good, which ultimately changes the landscape of how we work and socialize in one of the most populated cities in the world. A lot of people are speculating what a new New York would look like and the following is what I have witnessed.
We are entering into a new time, a surreal time, it’s one year since Covid 19 changed the world. How do we look towards the future while our past is still so very omni-present? Where do we go from here? We are emerging from the cold dark winter. For the first time in a year, there is a sense of positivity, excitement, an energy of hope. What comes next?