After 6 months of weirdness we have finally arrived at the end of the Summer That Wasn’t. We are being told to wear masks everywhere, track wherever we go and avoid physical contact with others, and there’s no sign of a new normal, let alone a light at the end of the Covid tunnel.
Read MoreThe first three months of lockdown have been an emotional rollercoaster. Initially lockdown was exciting, before morphing into something scarier, as people people started dying and we really saw the impact of Covid-19 on our society. Now, three months late, we are right in the middle of what I would argue is the most difficult part of this pandemic, where we know that our lives are being changed forever, but we still can’t see what the end result will look like.
Read MoreThere seem to be a lot of birthdays in April and May, and lockdown means that we are no longer able to celebrate them as we would like. Therefore I’ve taken it upon myself to bake cakes for all those people stuck inside, and use my daily exercise allowance to courier them by bicycle to doorsteps around London. During my baking missions I have learned a few things about what is truly important to me, some of which may be useful as lockdown finally starts to ease.
Read MoreIn late July, How About This took a group of adventurous souls to the French Alps. One recurring discussion throughout the holiday centred on what skills our group possessed, and this theme engendered some interesting thoughts around the topic of skills, and what these might mean.
Read MoreThe Restless Generation is having to acknowledge some big questions that are becoming increasingly relevant in our technologically advancing society. Some of the most fundamental include redefining our purpose, both as a species and as individuals. Our purpose – survival of our species – has driven us to the top of the evolutionary food chain and has, until recently, been a fundamental tenet of our existence. Now however, with medical innovations, increased longevity and global population growth, this purpose has to a large extent been fulfilled. So, it is not surprising that the Restless Generation are experiencing a sense of uncertainty and anxiety unlike any we have faced before.
Read MoreThe RESTLESS GENERATION; the percentage of our society whose fundamental needs have been met and who are now searching for purpose. Those who are consciously starting to recognise that we have created so many possibilities and so many opportunities for ourselves that it seems almost impossible to make meaningful choices. And that in the process of creating these possibilities (through better standards of living, technological advancements or social change) we are in the danger of making ourselves redundant.
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