I thought I was coping in isolation but this week something in me snapped | Brigid Delaney

Introverts may be happy at home with their quilting and sourdough but I'm angry - I want out!

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When a poll came out during the week that said Australians reported the same levels of happiness as before the pandemic (albeit with a few more financial worries), I thought, "How can that be?" After all, everything fun has been replaced by JIGSAW PUZZLES.

It would make more sense if the survey averaged out the responses - because from my own casting around, people's moods vary widely, according to innate temperament. Some people (introverts) are deliriously happy that they can go to bed at 9pm, don't need to make up some excuse to cancel social events (literally everything has been cancelled anyway, saving them the guilt) and have all the time in the world to make sourdough.