Picture Story | Solo Time Under the Epidemium

"China Economic Weekly" reporter Xiao Yan | Beijing Photography Report

The epidemic changed our lives. Many people miss the summer of 2019, and they can blow the sea breeze together and come to a trip.

In the context of the patient's normalization, some people live in one room due to closed management, and some are alone because of their work and life. We have added a lot of time with ourselves. This unexpected time is alone. How do you face this special situation and challenge?

A person's hiking is the best alone. Slowly, appreciate the grass and flowers on the road, feel the wind birds and insects in the mountains, and enjoy the beauty of life.

Flower arrangement is a dialogue between people and plants, and people are alone with themselves. Every time you insert a flower, observe its gesture, the heart is getting quiet, and only the world is left with the flowers, and the eyesight and mind are actually practicing.

Don't contact bicycles, otherwise you will fall in love with cycling. In the days when the breeze and the sun are just right, ride a bicycle to move aimlessly, and slowly enjoy the scenery of the road, so that you can always gain a good mood of freedom.

Planting vegetables is a good moment of the day, and there is a fulfilling loneliness. When we were alone, we pulled out from interpersonal and complicated affairs and returned to ourselves.

Many people before the epidemic, "life was given takeaway", but the epidemic had to cook by itself. Gradually, they are "addicted" and more and more fell in love with this healthy living habit.

Under the epidemic, reading has become our "habitat".

Looking at the cloud, you can always cure unhappy urban people. In the face of all the people and things that are beautiful in life, what we can do is to cherish this moment. During the prevention and control of the epidemic, although we cannot spread everywhere as in the past, it will not hinder us to enjoy and feel the beauty around us.

(This article was published in "China Economic Weekly", No. 12, 2022)

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The cover of "China Economic Weekly" in the 12th issue of 2022

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