{"id":1673,"date":"2021-03-15T16:48:30","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T20:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/40.117.174.162\/a-un-ano-del-inicio-de-la-pandemia\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T00:19:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T00:19:59","slug":"a-un-ano-del-inicio-de-la-pandemia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trust-oea.org\/en\/a-un-ano-del-inicio-de-la-pandemia\/","title":{"rendered":"ONE YEAR SINCE THE START OF THE PANDEMIC"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00bfMarzo otra vez?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a1Wao! Es la \u00fanica palabra que viene a mi mente al saber que ya ha pasado un a\u00f1o de aquel 13 de marzo del 2020; \u00faltimo d\u00eda de lo que conoc\u00eda como normalidad y donde empez\u00f3 el temor a un virus desconocido que hasta entonces, solo sab\u00eda que ven\u00eda del otro lado del mundo, que hab\u00eda personas muriendo, ya hab\u00eda algunos casos en Estados Unidos y hac\u00eda dos d\u00edas hab\u00eda sido decretada como una pandemia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aquel d\u00eda al final de la tarde, luego de la reuni\u00f3n de staff, la cual fue con distancia social, nos informaron que a partir del lunes trabajar\u00edamos desde casa hasta nuevo aviso. Recog\u00ed de mi puesto de trabajo cuadernos, lapiceros, su\u00e9teres y art\u00edculos personales que usaba en mi d\u00eda a d\u00eda. Sal\u00ed de la oficina con una compa\u00f1era la cual estaba un poco asombrada de mi caja -hoy me siento toda una visionaria-. Algo dentro de m\u00ed me dec\u00eda que aquello llamado COVID-19 durar\u00eda m\u00e1s de dos semanas o 40 d\u00edas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mientras camin\u00e1bamos por las desoladas calles de DC y con una sensaci\u00f3n de incertidumbre, pasamos por mi casa a dejar mi caja y nos fuimos a recorrer un supermercado que ya estaba con la mayor\u00eda de sus anaqueles vac\u00edos, situaci\u00f3n que me dej\u00f3 preocupada y con un mal recuerdo de revivir momentos del pasado en mi pa\u00eds natal,Venezuela. No lograba entender en esa oportunidad todo lo que est\u00e1bamos empezando a vivir, solo pensaba en lo vulnerables que somos los seres humanos y c\u00f3mo algo que ni podemos ver, puede cambiar el mundo de manera tan radical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Durante estos doce meses he desarrollado muchas habilidades nuevas, como tambi\u00e9n he atravesado por varios sentimientos. Algunos que nunca hab\u00eda experimentado como el miedo a salir de mi casa y contagiarme de una enfermedad mortal solo por tocar un bot\u00f3n de un ascensor. Lo cotidiano se volvi\u00f3 extraordinario, actividades como ir al supermercado, comprar por internet o conseguir papel higi\u00e9nico eran tareas que se volvieron imposible de realizar y que demandaban mucho tiempo y esfuerzo para lograrlas debido a la alta demanda de alimentos y productos de limpieza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pasaban los meses y mi mente fue adapt\u00e1ndose a la nueva normalidad y aprend\u00ed a cuidarme y a cuidar a los dem\u00e1s a mi alrededor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He enfocado mi tiempo en establecerme metas, rutinas y horarios, a realizar actividades que me gustan y me relajan como colorear, leer, ir al parque, ver series de Netflix, tomar fotos y hacer yoga en casa. Organizar mi tiempo entre mis horarios de trabajo, horario de entretenimiento y quehaceres del hogar me ha permitido aprovechar este tiempo en casa para aprender \u00e1reas nuevas, como mercadeo, que enriquecen mi perfil profesional. Reforzar t\u00e9rminos y aprender nuevos temas en mi \u00e1rea de trabajo, que ha sido posible gracias a varios cursos en l\u00ednea gratuitos como los de LinkedIn. Que vaya que es una cosa muy buena que nos ha dejado la pandemia y que tambi\u00e9n he valorado el saber que no estamos solos y que a un solo clic podemos conectarnos con nuestros seres queridos, esos que nos suben el \u00e1nimo cuando lo necesitamos y saben qu\u00e9 decirnos para apoyarnos y seguir adelante.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He descubierto nuevos hobbies y rescat\u00e9 algunos que ten\u00eda olvidados, como la fotograf\u00eda. Con las clases en l\u00ednea, he tenido la oportunidad de salir a practicar lo aprendido, as\u00ed he podido tambi\u00e9n distraer a mi mente de la infinita rutina y obligarme a sacar el espacio para hacer algo que me apasiona. Gracias a la pandemia ahora me considero una persona m\u00e1s consciente de mis actos, que se atreve a salirse de su zona de confort, como escribir en un blog, estando enfocada en mis objetivos personales y profesionales, que disfruta el tiempo con los dem\u00e1s y agradece tener esos espacios. Mi mensaje final ser\u00eda que debemos enfocarnos en soluciones y ver siempre el lado positivo a las situaciones y c\u00f3mo podemos enfrentarlas con los recursos que tenemos a nuestra disposici\u00f3n.             <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

March again? Wow! That\u2019s the only word that comes to mind when I realize that a year has already passed since that March 13, 2020; the last day of what I knew as normal life and the beginning of my fear of an unknown virus\u2014a virus I\u2019d only known until then to be coming from the other side of the world, that people were dying from, that had already reached the United States, and that had been declared a pandemic just two days earlier. That day, in the late afternoon, after the staff meeting\u2014which was held with social distancing\u2014we were informed that starting Monday, we would be working from home until further notice. I gathered my notebooks, pens, sweaters, and personal items I used in my day-to-day life from my desk. I left the office with a coworker who was a little surprised by my box\u2014today I feel like quite the visionary. Something inside me told me that this thing called COVID-19 would last longer than two weeks or 40 days. As we walked through the deserted streets of D.C., filled with a sense of uncertainty, we stopped by my house to drop off my box and then headed to a supermarket where most of the shelves were already empty\u2014a sight that left me worried and brought back painful memories of similar moments from my past in my home country, Venezuela. At the time, I couldn\u2019t fully grasp everything we were beginning to experience; I could only think about how vulnerable we humans are and how something we can\u2019t even see can change the world so radically. Over the past twelve months, I\u2019ve developed many new skills, and I\u2019ve also gone through a range of emotions. Some of these were feelings I had never experienced before, such as the fear of leaving my house and contracting a deadly disease just by touching an elevator button. Everyday life became extraordinary; activities like going to the supermarket, shopping online, or getting toilet paper were tasks that became impossible to carry out and required a lot of time and effort to accomplish due to the high demand for food and cleaning products. As the months went by, my mind gradually adapted to the new normal, and I learned to take care of myself and those around me. I\u2019ve focused my time on setting goals, routines, and schedules, and on doing activities I enjoy and find relaxing, such as coloring, reading, going to the park, watching Netflix series, taking photos, and doing yoga at home. Balancing my time between work, leisure, and household chores has allowed me to make the most of this time at home to learn new skills\u2014such as marketing\u2014that enhance my professional profile. I\u2019ve also been able to brush up on terminology and learn new topics in my field, thanks to various free online courses, such as those offered by LinkedIn. That\u2019s definitely one of the very positive things the pandemic has given us, and I\u2019ve also come to appreciate knowing that we\u2019re not alone\u2014that with just one click, we can connect with our loved ones, the ones who lift our spirits when we need it and know just what to say to support us and help us keep moving forward. I\u2019ve discovered new hobbies and rediscovered some I\u2019d forgotten about, like photography. With online classes, I\u2019ve had the opportunity to put what I\u2019ve learned into practice, which has also allowed me to take my mind off the endless routine and force myself to make time for something I\u2019m passionate about. Thanks to the pandemic, I now consider myself someone who is more mindful of my actions, who dares to step outside my comfort zone\u2014like writing a blog\u2014who stays focused on my personal and professional goals, who enjoys spending time with others, and who is grateful for those moments. My final message would be that we should focus on solutions and always look for the positive side of situations, as well as how we can tackle them with the resources at our disposal.             <\/p>","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":12109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trust-oea.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trust-oea.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trust-oea.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trust-oea.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trust-oea.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1673"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trust-oea.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12114,"href":"https:\/\/trust-oea.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1673\/revisions\/12114"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trust-oea.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trust-oea.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trust-oea.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trust-oea.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1673"}],"curies":[{"name":"well played","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}