A Pandemic, Riots And Now A War: Life In 2022

By Andrés Muñoz

Ten years ago, people worldwide kept a specific date in mind: December 21st, 2012. This was the end of a cycle in the Mayan Long Count Calendar, and for many, it heralded the so-called “end of the world“. Theories sprung up all over the place, and while December 21st came and went, the expected world-altering events weren’t as heavy as we thought. We went back to our daily lives and kept going.

Strangely, 2022 seems to be taking us closer to the “End Times” than we were a decade ago. These past few years have hit us with crises that most on the planet had never experienced before. A pandemic with its variants, political insurrections, and now the situation in Europe all paint a grim landscape for the immediate future. While these are very large-scale and global events, they also alter our own innate perception…