What Cats (Yes, Cats) Can Teach Us About Being Stuck at Home
We can learn from these clean and consistent creatures in the wake of a global pandemic
So you’re housebound because of the spread of COVID-19. You might have been housebound for days now, and there’s seemingly no end in sight, with pandemic numbers continuing to climb.
Are you bouncing off the walls? Do you feel a sense of malaise, depressed at not being able to go about your normal business? Or perhaps a sense of hopelessness with the uncertainty ahead?
I know I am feeling all of these things. I am not good at being housebound. My significant other-turned-isolation partner, however, pointed out the other day that my cats are. Being stuck at home all day is kind of their life.
I could take this opportunity to make some hackneyed “cats are anti-social” jokes, but that would come from a dishonest place. Truthfully, my cats would not be good stewards of social distancing. They are constantly around, at your side, noses in your business. Six feet? Ha!
But beyond that, they do have a lot of wisdom for me in these unprecedented times, as I’m sure other house cats do for their owners.
Maybe — just maybe — following their example will make this stint stuck at home…
