In California, some public parks and beaches are being reopened, with varying results. How are things in your locale?

Here in the midwest U.S; there are rumors of factory restarts coming soon. Farmers are busy working the fields around my property. F-U, Coronavirus!  

That photo's just a wee bit dated.  No one wears that much clothing on California beaches anymore.

In this california town they reopened the local park last Saturday - upper hiking trails only - with the stipulation that all people and dogs are to maintain social distancing.  All our beaches are still underwater (snow runoff). 

Well, I'm in NYC so we're still pretty much under quarantine unless going out for essentials and still keeping social distancing.  However, Sunday was a really nice Spring day and there were plenty of people out in the parks, may of whom were wearing masks, but still pretty close.  

I am going BIG on generalization. I am not saying this applies to all BUT....
My thought on the whole situation is this:

Pushing on borderline insanity, adults have the attention span of about two weeks, TOPS!

It doesn't matter.  When you pull in the idea of protecting our bodies, well, we know we won't do that.

Look at all the health clubs at our disposal when we think we will get in shape.  Those last, what?  Two weeks before we throw in the towel?

The diets.  A world of money is spent on these "good intentions" and they last about... I'm sorry but 2 weeks is normally how long a person can go before they cave for their craving.

Many New Years Resolutions are based on doing good for our bodies.  Most of them don't even hit the 2 week mark.

We aren't as creative as we used to be and don't know how to spend time with our families.  We go crazy knowing we should be enjoying this time and doing fun things with one another but don't know how.  Many have lost the knack of entertaining themselves and feel responsible if they can't entertain others.  Even with the computers and the TV, we feel uncomfortable.

However,

This rebellion of not actually staying put does give a glimmer of hope.  It does to me, anyway.

When the weather is nice we LIKE to be OUTSIDE!

As far as us Californians, in Southern California, many of us live here for the weather.  We don't like to be inside.  Virus or no virus, when our 2 weeks are up, we are going out.
I didn't say we were the smartest group.  We pay a boat load of money to live here and have this weather so we are going to enjoy it as often as we possibly can.
Of course, the problem with this theory is everyone else who lives here is thinking the same thing.
Like I said, we aren't the smartest bunch. When it comes to being outside, the damages it will and can do, don't seem to matter.  We think we are better than the virus.  We steer clear of each other, in the grocery store or gas stations.  When you tempt us with clean air,  we haven't noticed our neighbors are packing their car(s) too. We won't be polluting the air.  I have a hybrid. I don't pollute. Everyone else is staying indoors. We aren't infected so we won't get the virus.  No one else is out. ...
Denial at its finest.
 
Here is my conclusion:

We had the most perfect excuse for Not paying attention to anxieties in our day-to-day lives.

WORK.

It took an extremely frightening and deadly virus for many of us to Stop.

What we have now is something we had all along.  We forgot.  We have

TIME.

It's one of those precious gifts given every day.  How we use our time is up to us. 
Hopefully, you find a way that creates a happy and healthy enviornment for you and other living things in your surroundings.  This post was edited by Merlin at April 29, 2020 8:05 AM MDT