How Daily life and work changed since Covid pandemic
By: Sohel S
Tags: Covid, Technology Trends, Work Life Balance, Life Lessons, Coronavirus

Our World has witnessed drastic changes since Covid pandemic. Imagine the days when roaming outside without any fear or hesitation, going to work, eating and travelling anywhere, meeting friends and dating people was just a decision away. Life was absolutely amazing, challenging and busy where we didn’t even realise how quickly the day was spent.

Do you know — The current world population is 7.9 billion as of May 2021 according to the most recent United Nation estimates elaborated by Worldometer.

As per WHO, Globally, as of 11:36am CEST, 6 May 2021, there have been 155,506,494 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 3,247,228 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 4 May 2021, a total of 1,170,942,729 vaccine doses have been administered.

Source: https://covid19.who.int/

Imagine the days when we used to wake up early for our daily routine work. Getting ready mentally, physically for our day was an important task at hand. The morning soothing meditation, healthy exercise, relaxing shower, hot tea with amazing breakfast really sets the mood for the amazing day ahead. Later we had the choice of wearing our favorite dress and shoes for office or colleges. After we dressed up, travelling to office, schools or colleges was absolutely fun. I must admit that there used to be huge traffic on roads and there was not only the noise of vehicles but also a lot of free advice heard while waiting on the red traffic signal. The same applies while travelling in a train or a bus. At that moment, it just reminded me of one popular saying which goes like “ Kitne Tejaswi log hai hamare paas?” which translates in English as “How many Glorious people we have?”

Since covid pandemic all the daily hustle vanished. Now every morning start with watching news about how many new covid cases found? Wearing a mask, maintaining social distance, washing hands have become the new normal. Lot of entrepreneurs, people, companies have lost their jobs. Technology has started replacing labours.

Let’s dive into some positive side of covid pandemic:

Increase in A.I Technology : Working in office and factories does require human intervention and interactions in order for business to carry on. Due to covid pandemic, as there is a huge chance of virus transmission from humans to humans, many countries have adopted Robotics or A.I. for cleaning infected areas, delivering foods and medicines. Drones are utilized for patrolling areas to ensure that social distance is followed, delivering medicine.

: Working in office and factories does require human intervention and interactions in order for business to carry on. Due to covid pandemic, as there is a huge chance of virus transmission from humans to humans, many countries have adopted Robotics or A.I. for cleaning infected areas, delivering foods and medicines. Drones are utilized for patrolling areas to ensure that social distance is followed, delivering medicine. Work from home: For companies, meeting the client requirements has always been a priority along with keeping work environment comfortable for their employees. The Work from home is now introduced in many countries. Be honest, at some point of time while working in office, there would have been a conversation along with our friends that “Wouldn’t it be better if we get work from home, and we could not only work but also spend time with our dear family” or how about “what if we enjoy tea, dinner along with our family at home during our work break?” Work from home has been a boom to not only ensure that the daily targets are met with ease but also our family relationships strengthens. Reward and recognition via Zoom, Microsoft Team, gave us the opportunity to connect with many other achievers at our company

Online Entertainment: When was the last time you went to a theatre? Imagine the movie tickets booking, the feeling of walking through the doors and sitting on the chairs in front of a bigger movie curtains. Watching your favorite actor or actress on screen along with your friends, family or partner was everyone’s desire. The audience shouting, whistling on their favorite scenes. I am sure a lot of us miss those memorable moments. Hence, several film production companies have started releasing movies or web series via Over The Top (OTT) platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hotstar, Zee5, Voot Select etc which started providing the best contents at affordable price

Online Payments: How many of us remember the days when we waited outside various banks in huge queues for exchanging notes during a demonetization? It would’ve been tiring and time-consuming task for us. It gave rise to era of digital payments. Lots of people have now switched to secure digital payments which gave rise to Google Pay, PayTM, Amazon Pay, PhonePe, JIO Money, CRED and other apps instead of cash and checks payments. Life became easy by ordering food online, booking travel tickets, paying electricity and other utility bills, recharging your number via digital payments, paying credit card bills etc.

Online Education: I am sure that we all do dream or wish to go back in our school and college days to experience the fun and best moments of our life again. Unfortunately, it is not safe to go to schools or colleges. Hence, the concept of online education have become the new trend. Many institutions have started learning apps or conducting lectures to ensure that students’ education is not impacted.

Let’s dive into some negative side of covid pandemic:

3,247,228 deaths across the globe.

Increase in poverty across the globe.

Scarcity of food supply due to lockdown, border closures, trade restrictions which resulted in malnutrition and poor health.

Huge unemployment due to industry shut down, bankruptcy etc.

Shops, Gyms, religious places, malls, hotels closed.

Global economy has gone into recession.

Stress, anxiety increased.

Covid pandemic have made us realise some important points that we should never forget.

Life is short, live it to the fullest.

We always have the choice to be healthy.

Only few people who love and trust you, will be with you during difficult times.

Taking care of your family, friends is important.

Spending time with your family, friends is also important.

Social media is connecting people across the world.

To stay prepared well in advance against any crisis.

Unity is strength. Helping each other by maintaining social distance is vital. If we humans unite for such causes, we together can overcome lots of other world issues.

Despite the impacts of covid pandemic, we should be thankful and grateful for spectacular work done by our front line Doctors, Nurses, essential workers for saving countless lives by working tirelessly and risking their own lives 24*7.

May this pandemic gets over and we all quickly resume back to our routine work. Till then, be safe, wear a mask, maintain safe distance and wash hands.