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  1. COVID-19 and the Meaning of Life

    Posted July 19, 2020. For the first time in most of our lives, humanity is truly in "survival mode". COVID-19 poses a great physical health threat; as of this writing, the death count in the ...

  2. 12 moving essays about life during coronavirus

    Read these 12 moving essays about life during coronavirus. Artists, novelists, critics, and essayists are writing the first draft of history. A woman wearing a face mask in Miami. Alissa Wilkinson ...

  3. Finding Meaning Amidst COVID-19: An Existential Positive Psychology

    Indeed, recent research has supported this notion directly: greater meaning in life is associated with less anxiety and stress amidst the COVID-19 pandemic (Trzebiński et al., 2020). People who are able to find meaning report better psychological health and well-being (Hooker et al., 2020). Thus, we suspect that building meaning will help ...

  4. [PDF] Meaning in Life During Covid-19 Pandemic and Social Interaction

    The meaning of life is steadily altering in the Covid-19 pandemic scenario. Since birth, life and living have been the major preoccupation of every human being. However, there remains a constant possibility of death owing to a pandemic breakout. The ways of social interaction and associated psychosocial issues are also of great importance in the present condition.

  5. Insights into the impact on daily life of the COVID-19 pandemic and

    1. Introduction. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to unprecedented changes in people's daily lives, with implications for mental health and well-being [1-4], both at the level of a given country's population, and when considering specific vulnerable groups [5-7].In order to mitigate the untoward impact of the pandemic (including lockdown) and support mental health ...

  6. Are You Happy? The Meaning of Life During COVID-19

    A: You have to boost your daily happiness through the four Ms of mental health: movement, mindfulness, mastery and meaningful social relationships, even now during COVID-19. You have to schedule your day. You can actively control what you are putting into your body. Eating healthy is important during this time, as is getting enough sleep.

  7. Thinking about life in COVID-19: An exploratory study on the influence

    The COVID-19 global pandemic led to major upheavals in daily life. As a result, mental health has been negatively impacted for many, including college students who have faced increased stress, depression, anxiety, and social isolation. How we think about the future and adjust to such changes may be partly mediated by how we situate our experiences in relation to the pandemic. To test this idea ...

  8. Frontiers

    Data Analysis. The analysis aimed to map the main dimensions of meanings underpinning the set of contents of the narratives collected and defining the SUs through which respondents make sense of their COVID-19 experiences. Each dimension of meaning can be conceived of as a generalized meaning component that was highlighted by the interviewees to talk about the time of COVID-19 and that ...

  9. An Offering of Hope During COVID-19: A Personal Reflection

    This essay offers a philosophical and spiritual exploration of some of the language that has become part of daily life amidst the COVID-19 crisis. Keywords: COVID-19, Pandemic, Language ... and rituals that have been a source of comfort and solace for me in the past. As a philosopher, I have sought truth and meaning in language and words. ...

  10. Adapting to the culture of 'new normal': an emerging response to COVID-19

    To live in the world is to adapt constantly. A year after COVID-19 pandemic has emerged, we have suddenly been forced to adapt to the 'new normal': work-from-home setting, parents home-schooling their children in a new blended learning setting, lockdown and quarantine, and the mandatory wearing of face mask and face shields in public.

  11. My Life Experience During the Covid-19 Pandemic

    My content explains what my life was like during the last seven months of the Covid-19 pandemic and how it affected my life both positively and negatively. It also explains what it was like when I graduated from High School and how I want the future generations to remember the Class of 2020. Class assignment, Western Civilization (Dr. Marino).

  12. Seven short essays about life during the pandemic

    Until June 30, send your essay (200 words or less) about life during COVID-19 via bostonbookfest.org. Some essays will be published on the festival's blog and some will appear in The Boston Globe.

  13. Emerging From the Coronavirus

    Melva James, 42, is a cybersecurity consultant who grew up in Jackson, Miss., and lives in Massachusetts. The tumult of the past year inspired a dramatic life change. One of my best friend's ...

  14. Here's How the Coronavirus Pandemic Has Changed Our Lives

    From lifestyle changes to better eating habits, people are using this time to get healthier in many areas. Since the pandemic started, nearly two-thirds of the survey's participants (62%) say ...

  15. Challenges and Opportunities Created by the COVID-19 Pandemic

    The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented challenge with immediate impacts on public and economic health. It has radically changed relationships across the globe. ... for low-income families they were a way of life well before COVID-19. The opportunity for nutrition education is to advocate for nutrition quality and access to healthy food for ...

  16. Stories of hope, resilience and inspiration during the coronavirus pandemic

    Bisma Farooq SheikhIndia. Coronavirus Lockdown: Boon or Bane. "Treat lock down as Boon rather than Bane. This is a golden opportunity to have a great time with family…. It is the best time for dual earner couples to spend time with each other. It is an opportunity for kids to have a great time with parents.

  17. 12 Ideas for Writing Through the Pandemic With The New York Times

    Future historians may look back on the journals, essays and art that ordinary people are creating now to tell the story of life during the coronavirus. But writing can also be deeply therapeutic.

  18. The COVID-19 pandemic as a scientific and social challenge in the 21st

    Abstract. The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, has spread around the globe with unprecedented consequences for the health of millions of people. While the pandemic is still in progress, with new incidents being reported every day, the resilience of the global society is constantly being ...

  19. An Offering of Hope During COVID-19: A Personal Reflection

    This essay offers a philosophical and spiritual exploration of some of the language that has become part of daily life amidst the COVID-19 crisis. ... and rituals that have been a source of comfort and solace for me in the past. As a philosopher, I have sought truth and meaning in language and words. And as a poet, I have not so much turned to ...

  20. A National Strategy for the "New Normal" of Life With COVID

    In January 2021, President Biden issued the "National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness." As the US moves from crisis to control, this national strategy needs to be updated. Policy makers need to specify the goals and strategies for the "new normal" of life with COVID-19 and communicate them clearly to the public.

  21. Impact of COVID-19 on people's livelihoods, their health and our food

    Reading time: 3 min (864 words) The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a dramatic loss of human life worldwide and presents an unprecedented challenge to public health, food systems and the world of work. The economic and social disruption caused by the pandemic is devastating: tens of millions of people are at risk of falling into extreme poverty ...

  22. Family in the Age of COVID‐19

    Family in the Age of COVID‐19. The coronavirus has had a profound effect on the world in a multitude of ways. By the time this appears (written in mid‐April 2020), we probably will have some better sense of its ultimate impact. This essay centers on only one meaning of its effects: How it has impacted family life.