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So, this Monday a few new regulations came into play to keep COVID numbers down.
We’re not allowed to meet socially in groups of more than six.
And whilst that’s not really what any of us want, I’m kinda glad.
I’ve been getting progressively more worried by the lack of social distancing I’ve been seeing on a daily basis.
Other people with each other.
People with me.
I was shopping in town with my youngest son the other day and, as often happens, I bumped into a several people I knew.
In each case I had to start backing away from them as they got progressively closer.
“You don’t need to get that close” I felt like saying.
I completely get that there will be, and in some cases needs to be, more ‘closeness’ than there was in lockdown.
But it’s that unnecessarily closeness that feels like it needs to be addressed.
We can limit how close we get to the vast majority of people we might encounter and it have zero impact on that situation.
A fairly high proportion of our interactions with people can be done from two metres (or much further online) with no problems.
It’s a bit like unnecessary eating (and drinking).
We do, of course, have to eat.
We won’t last long without.
And it’s a source of great pleasure.
There’s nothing wrong with enjoying our food and eating things we like the taste of.
But it’s the unnecessary stuff that we would, perhaps, benefit from addressing.
The things we might eat that we know we’ll regret as we’re eating it and then immediately regret after.
That may by enjoyable on some level but actually gives us a net loss of happiness and enjoyment and takes us in the wrong direction.
It’s the grazing while we’re bored which doesn’t actually relieve the boredom.
The finishing things off (a large portion, the kids’ left overs, etc) when we could just leave it (or save it for another meal).
The having twice as much when the vast majority of the enjoyment came from the first few mouthfuls.
The ten pints when seven double G&Ts would’ve been just as enjoyable (and leave you the best part of 1,500 calories better off).
Food like social proximity is needed and can be great under the right circumstances.
It’s the unnecessary stuff we should, perhaps, question.
Much love,
Jon ‘Ate out in town the other week and genuinely couldn’t believe how close people kept getting to us’ Hall
P.S. If you (or a friend) are worried about exercising at the moment, we’re all over social distancing. And air extraction. And cleaning. And minimal touch points and much more. You can take the next step in finding out what we do at myrise.co.uk/briefing-meeting.
