COVID-19 has affected us all. Despite the oft-repeated claim that “we’re all in this together,” the virus has affected each of us in very different ways — and despite the even-more-repeated claim that things are “back to normal” now, it continues to affect us every day.
I’ve been relatively lucky. Though I fell ill in December of 2019, most likely an early case of COVID, and still experience breathing issues and occasional brain fogs, I’ve gained more from the pandemic than I’ve lost. If online work hadn’t been normalized, I doubt I’d have accessed a fraction of the opportunities I’ve profited from in the last three years. For this, I’m grateful. I’m now supporting myself and my family by working from home, and that’s thanks, in large part, to COVID-19.