It appears we are resigned to wearing masks longer than we ever anticipated. Mask-wearing medical workers learned long ago the challenges associated with keeping skin healthy. Maskne is the term given to this new set of skin problems. Before the pandemic, helmet-wearing athletes were frequently afflicted with this condition.
Inbox musings show there is nothing like a viral life of house arrest dictate to engender bouts of forced introspection. Socrates said “The unexamined life is not worth living,” but life has a way of happening when we’re too busy to notice. It is the fortunate person who exits the quarantine with some new measure of self-knowledge and perspective.
Ask what they desire from life, ninety percent of people will reply, “I want to be happy.” Asked to define happiness, the answers become more variable. One person’s trip to Italy is another person’s Harley. Someone actually took the time to figure this out.