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culled from Graceful  Issue  9  May 2024

The   new Pin drop zero noise level lifestyle

August  2  2025  17:52  Pm

As  someone  who  is  creative  and  like  every  other creative  person,  living  a  life  of  silence  is  not  something  alien   to  me,  as  my  creative moments  involve   deep thinking   about  the  next  project   or  the  next  story line or a concept to  write about .But  to enable me to achieve  the  pin  drop  level  lifestyle  .  because .  I  was  raised    in a  noisy  place,  means  that  noise  is  not  an  alien concept  to  me.But of recently  I  was taken  through the  alien process  of  staying   without  a  singular  noise , during the COVID 19  through the lesson of  solitude. Most times  I  feel grateful  to all the   people  drumming  up support  for  my  writings  and  raising the  hype  for  me  as  one of the  book  cooks,  cooking up the  tales  for kids  to read  as  my new pin drop  noise level  lifestyle  means that I  have  lost touch  of  my  dearest  and  fondest,  who  happen to be  some of the   noisiest  mums screaming  down their  houses some receiving  notes  from the  letter  writing  people , who  advise that  the  pin drop noise level  standards must  be maintained. Having  graduated  from the  evolutionary  process of getting  to this  zero pin  drop noise level lifestyle,  I  have come to  understand that  life  is  an  ever changing  process  of    self-awareness    and  evolution as   the  lockdown  has taught  me but  sometimes  I  wish we  can  go back  to our old  lifestyles  of  hugs     pre  COVID  19.I   believe  that COVID 19  has created  so  many new  people,who used to be  from  the noise making  clans   who  are now  glued to their  beds  and  televisions, feeling very reluctant to  even  go  for shopping , how much more   lifting their  legs to go  to work. It is only the youngsters  who seem not  to mind the  COVID experiences as they are in pursuit of their goals. As for the  adults the music seem to have changed  as they seem to have lost touch of the  zest to live  as they are still crying  about  their lost friends  .. I have  recently  observed that  almost  everyone is  now  ordering  the  minute items  of  living  ,even the  drinking  water  from  online sources and the  pin drop  zero noise  level  lifestyle  is  now  a reality in  our  neighbourhoods. I have  come to the point  of  wondering  if  any of our  neighbours  still do  go out .And  in my   curiosity,I have found out  that even my neighbour’s  dogs  now  sit calmly on the sofas  , as they  all  seem to  be on their  best  behaviours  these  days-No  more  barking  down  the  streets by  these  pets . I  sit  all  days  listening to my little  music  with my ear phone  in my  ears  waiting  for the ever  busy  youngsters  to  tell me it’s  time  for launch.Having  lost  my network of friends  families  and  dearest  to  the   COVID  19 shenanigans and  its  sister  brouhahas , which  I did find  not  to be   of necessity,  but they were  just  events  to usher  me  into  a life  of  mute. .I keep  wondering if  this  is  a blessing  in disguise  as  I  have lesser anxious moments  because  I  am  expecting  no  visitors  as  everyone  seem to be minding their  own  businesses  as COVID  19  has  taught us.  Sometimes  it can be boring  but the clock  chimes  tick  tock,tick tock   as  the  second  goes to minutes, minutes  go  to  hours  ,hours  move to months , months  to  the  year  ending in few months, with  no one  asking  me - where  are  you  now as  COVID  19 has  erased  people’s  memories of  others  as people  are happier  sitting in their  parlours alone  and  ordering their food. And  the  cooked food  delivery  businesses are  booming  post  COVID  as many of us  have  left  our  kitchen  skills  to  the kitchen bins. And  when  Aunty  Mary  calls  to tell us  that she is  visiting  , we have  some  flimsy  excuses  on hand to give her like-aunty  I need to see the GP  for my  aching teeth,  just to  avoid    cooking  meals  for  the  visiting  friends  and relations. Of course  no more  birthday  parties  and  family  events  as they remind us  of the  exit   out of the  world  of  uncle Tom taken  away  by COVID  19.And  we do not want to go back to the nostalgic  feelings  of the pains of the  losses ,as  we  seemed to  have moved on. Yes  it has  created  a  new lifestyle of  sitting  by  ourselves  and wondering  how it  all went , looking  back to  COVID 19  lockdowns  and long  lines  with  pains  and withholding the  tears  and  the  sniffing  noses while  crying  because the  kids  are  asking  us  questions about what happened to uncle  Tom  during the COVID  19 lockdowns, while pretending  before the kids  that we  are not  crying , as  we have been super  conditioned  not  to  cry  or  show  any emotions  in the new lifestyle. Being  grateful  for  surviving the   nasty  moments , as  I  pick up my  best  social  distancing  book  to read  it  all over  again  and all over  again thinking,   how  did  we  get  here realising that  out  of  every  bad situation  comes something  good  as the  wise  little one  told me.