{"id":2463,"date":"2021-04-09T06:50:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T10:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=2463"},"modified":"2021-04-08T16:40:58","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T20:40:58","slug":"week-343-re-define-normal-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=2463","title":{"rendered":"Week #343 &#8211; Re-Define &#8220;Normal&#8221; (Part 2!)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_4624-e1587091822957.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"833\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_4624-e1587091822957-768x1024.jpg?resize=625%2C833&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_4624-e1587091822957.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_4624-e1587091822957.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_4624-e1587091822957.jpg?resize=624%2C832&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_4624-e1587091822957.jpg?w=1250&amp;ssl=1 1250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_4624-e1587091822957.jpg?w=1875&amp;ssl=1 1875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Re-Define &#8220;Normal.&#8221; (photo credit: Grace Church)1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Week #343 \u2013 Re-Define \u201cNormal<\/strong>\u201c <strong>(Part 2!)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Greetings Tribe \u2014 Happy Friday to you all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week I&#8217;m reflecting on where we were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=2269\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2269\">a year ago<\/a>&#8230;and where we are today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Across the country (and around the globe) &#8212; adults are getting back to work, kids are getting back to school, and the economy is getting up and running.  Yet one question still remains:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What exactly was &#8220;normal\u201d anyway?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do you even remember what your \u201cnormal\u201d looked like before mid-March last year?  And how much of that do we want to keep, anyway, in our \u201cnew normal?&#8221;  Here&#8217;s a few questions I asked just weeks into the shutdown:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What is it that you miss most about your \u201cold normal?\u201d<\/li><li>What is it that you DON\u2019T miss at all (be honest)?<\/li><li>What things do you wish you had in place when we went into shutdown?<\/li><li>What is your plan to make sure you bring these with you into your \u201cnew normal?\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Your Happyness Challenge for the Week Ahead: Re-Define \u201cNormal.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0Most of us have been in some form of shut\/slow-down for over a year already.  Even in the strictest parts of the country things are finally re-opening&#8230;and there seems to be a real light at the end of the tunnel!  When you are given the green light to go back to work, back to school, or back to whatever it was you were doing before\u2026what about this experience, if anything, do you want to take with you into your \u201cnew normal?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stay safe. Stay healthy. And as always&#8230;Spread Happyness!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Spread Happyness\u2026and Re-Define \u201cNormal.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>4\/9\/21 by Grace Church<br>\u00a9 Grace Church<\/em><br><em>grace@spreadhappyness.com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Week #343 \u2013 Re-Define \u201cNormal\u201c (Part 2!) Greetings Tribe \u2014 Happy Friday to you all! This week I&#8217;m reflecting on where we were a year ago&#8230;and where we are today. 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