5 lecciones impagables que puede enseñarle la crisis de los cierres patronales

El encierro parece una pesadilla viviente. No puedes salir con tus amigos, puedes haber perdido tu trabajo y solo puedes soñar con irte de vacaciones.

However, let’s look at things from the positive side. Let’s see what we can learn from this situation and how it can help us improve our lives in the future.

Hopefully, this crisis will soon be over. Nevertheless, if you’re smart enough, these valuable lecciones de vida se quedará contigo para siempre.

1. Tienes mucho que agradecer

Let’s be honest here. Before this whole crisis happened, you were always complaining about your life.

You wanted a better job or a more expensive car, or you couldn’t stand your solo estado.

Now it has become more than apparent that you actually have a lot to appreciate. In fact, it’s obvious that you have been living your entire life as privileged, without even knowing it.

Dabas por sentado todo lo que tenías hasta ahora. Rara vez agradecías algunas de las cosas cotidianas que ahora empiezas a ver como bendiciones disfrazadas.

You didn’t know that you should appreciate having a home, a family, or a job. You didn’t realize how happy you were to have the privilege of leading a busy life.

Your friends used to bore the hell out of you, but now you’d give anything just to get the chance to grab a cup of coffee with them.

You didn’t know how to enjoy the little things such as a day spent in the sun or waking up in your own bed every morning to that annoying alarm sound.

Seguro que viendo las cosas desde este punto de vista, ese trabajo de mierda o ese piso de mala muerte del que te morías por mudarte te parecen un auténtico lujo, ¿verdad?

2. You’re your own priority…

Otra valiosa lección que le ha enseñado esta situación es la importancia de quererse a uno mismo. Después de todo, este es el periodo en el que pasas la mayor parte del tiempo a solas con tus pensamientos.

So, it’s way better than those who have constant company. Now is the time to cherish and nurture yourself.

The time for some self-introspection and self-improvement. The time to recap on your life and reprocess all the good and bad things you’ve done so far.

You see, whether you like it or not, you can’t escape your thoughts and feelings during this crisis.

You’re sentenced to listening to your inner voice, which makes you realize that suppressing your feelings and running away from your bad judgments aren’t options.

You’ve seen the importance of taking care of your mental health.

La importancia de ser amable, pero sólo contigo mismo, y la importancia de la relación que tienes contigo mismo.

You can be surrounded by a bunch of people, but at the end of the day, you’re stuck with you. So, you better love the person you are!

3. …but sharing is caring

However, putting yourself first is no excuse for being selfish. In fact, this period is the best proof that we’re all part of society.

After all, we’re all in this together. You’re not responsible for your health only, but also the well-being of those around you.

You’ve seen that you can’t make it as a separate individual. Sharing is caring and we all need each other’s help to get through these hardships.

4. Pasas mucho tiempo persiguiendo cosas equivocadas

Ahora que tienes todo el tiempo del mundo, apuesto a que lo utilizarías de forma diferente a como lo hacías antes.

Este es el momento en que ves que en realidad estabas desperdiciando muchos años de tu vida persiguiendo a la gente equivocada y las cosas equivocadas.

All of the sudden, your heartbreak doesn’t seem so important. It looks like you can make it just fine without that friend who backstabbed you.

Tu coche de diez años parece estar bien y lo darías todo por poder volver a visitar ese lugar de vacaciones al que fuiste el verano pasado.

Now you see that you were actually bothering yourself over things that don’t matter. You were destroying your mental health and your inner peace over people who aren’t as crucial for your survival as you thought.

5. El mundo necesita cambiar

You can’t wait for things to go back the way they used to be, right? However, isn’t this a warning to all of us?

Isn’t this crisis a sign that things should never be the way they were? Isn’t it plainly obvious that things in the world need changing?

Isn’t it apparent that we all need to make some crucial differences in our behavior towards others and, most importantly, towards ourselves?

Este encierro puede enseñarte a olvidarte de las cosas materialistas. A olvidarte de las prisas constantes. A empezar a vivir el momento.

Y lo que es más importante, puede ayudarte a ti y a todos los demás a aprender a respetar más la naturaleza y todos sus seres vivos.