How Are You Riding The Waves? | READ
I wonder how many of you have felt the up and down waves of living and surviving in Covid19 Lockdown?
The Kublar Ross Change Model was originally used to illustrate the emotions felt during bereavement, then it went on to manage change in organisations. I have used this model to demonstrate the waves I have gone through during these rare and unique times.
The ‘Waves’ of Emotion
Shock
Covid19 attacks the World
People start to panic buy toilet roll, pasta and noodles
Denial
Singapore is a safe place to be
Our Covid19 numbers are low
It is the World news over amplifying the negatives
Frustration
Not allowed to leave our neighbourhood
Depression
Grieving on all the missed opportunities/celebrations during lockdown
Experiment
Social online quiz nights with friends around the World
Decisions
Understanding that there is less need to travel for work
Integration
Moving out of our comfortable norm
When I heard that we were going into phase 2 in Singapore with just 4 days notice I started to feel like the old librarian in the movie The Shawshank Redemption. Played by James Whitmore, this librarian didn’t want to leave the security and safety of prison as it had become his comfortable norm.
Freedom of movement has made me realise that I feel like I have been deep diving in the dark ocean with little light. I’ve been swimming around saving my oxygen to ensure that I survive not knowing how long I would be under water. Now we can go to the surface again I will be staging my integration step by step and not overwhelming myself or my family. I am going to decompress slowly as I don’t want to get the bends. I wonder if resonates with you?
