Staying calm(when raised to be anxious)
Stressful Times
I am feeling more anxious than the past few weeks this week. I could feel it in my stomach, in my shoulders, and in the way I am more over-functioning than usual. As Korea’s COVID situation becomes worse and China still yet to open its borders to us, I am stuck in limbo in a local hotel on Jeju island.
When China’s border was clearly closed to all but the most politically or economically connected elites, I was quite calm. My family took it with stride. When there is no hope in sight, there is at least the certainty of impossibility. So we settle into our limbo state with tranquility that comes from resignation. Now China has begun to open its border and our visa approval has started to arrive one small step at a time. The tension all of sudden becomes more palpable.
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