The coronavirus doesn’t care about your long weekend plans.

Friday, May 22, 2020 - 13:30 in Psychology & Sociology

As long as you practice safe social distancing, the outdoors is a low-risk way to spend your long weekend. (Pixabay/)It has been a frustrating couple of months to say the least. Social distancing has kept us stuck in our homes and away from our work, our schools, and of course our social lives and time with family. #Stayhome has become passé, and the warming weather and extra sunshine has rekindled fond memories of summers past—especially with the extended weekend ahead of us.Memorial Day has long been the unofficial start to summer, and if there was ever a time where we needed a reason to celebrate the start of watermelon-eating, pool-partying, and beach-going season it would be right now.We’re ready to get out there; unfortunately, the coronavirus is waiting. Lately, I’ve been trying to remind myself that social distancing is a marathon not a sprint. And the finish line is not...

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