A time of crisis forces you to retrieve to the basics, to the essential, to whatever and whomever is closer, to the real you. For most of us the time that has passed between 2019 - 2022 feels like a lifetime ago but also like it was yesterday, but before that I'm not really sure anymore. The more I think about it the more I realize that before the streets were empty there was not much more than the rushing, the consuming, the faster, the never-ending thirst for more.
Going back to normal was never an option and rightly so! We might not yet be used to grasping the dynamics of social behavior in a global scale but I feel it is very important we never neglect our individuality. By nature, we are individuals first, that is what's essential for each of us. In a time of crisis we might only have ourselves.
So go back, not just before the pandemic, go further back. To when you felt something important, when you were at peace with yourself, to where there is no pressure, no rush. Go back to where your memory takes you, see for yourself what makes you you. Bring that back and keep it.