What will you do if the world is going to end in two days

What would you do if the world is going to end in two days?

Krutika Shinde 

Nobody knows what's going to happen tomorrow or in the future. The world might end in two days and here we are busy with our lives, doing our assignments, attending online lectures, doing work which our boss appointed us to do, helping ourselves daily to cope up with this pandemic, and helping others to survive in this world who lost their loved ones in this battle. Our world has already been shaken down by its core due to such deadly disease which has kept us locked in our specific boundaries for more than a year. The current times have shown us how death is inevitable and whatever might happen in just one day, this pandemic made me realize that there is a possibility that my world might end at any minute so I just need to make the best of my time. Well, we are still learning to survive from this pandemic but what if our whole world is going to end in just two days by some cataclysmic event? What would you do? What would we do? I think each and every response will be different, each desire will be different because every person is unique and would think differently and might have different perspectives but according to me at first, I'm going to panic and then cry which would make it difficult for me to concentrate on things but if I get a way to think in a much better path then I'll see the end of each and everything, of my ambitions, my likes, my goals, my priorities, my people, my future, future of my people, relationships, career, my own different world but most importantly about myself. I'll see my future plans getting destroyed in front of my eyes but I'll think about my whole 19 years of existence on this planet earth where I did nothing because I haven't accomplished anything as such but I'll cherish those little things which made me happy and proud of myself since childhood. 

World coming to an end is like bringing death closer to us. Death is a part of everybody's life but people don't talk about it, they hesitate to talk about death because it's disturbing and scary to each and every human being. I feel it's the most difficult topic to talk about because it brings so many feelings together like fear and anxiety which makes the topic heavy and awkward but if death is at the edge, everything will be crystal clear, and personally I might not be sure what to tell my family and friends because the situation would be panicky. I won't be able to face anybody but at the same time, I would want myself to give everybody a last goodbye hug.

Since two days are not enough to go on a road trip with friends, sit on a rollercoaster ride,  binge watch all the 10 seasons of friends again, decorate my room, meet all my cousins, learn how to drive a car, I will choose to spend two days with my friends and family. I will spend the whole night with my friends and the whole day with my family, I will have a great time with them memorizing everything which gave us happiness and joy. I hope the Internet will stay alive just to call and text my relatives and friends to whom I usually don't connect. I'll have my favorite snacks, for the one last time I'll feel with all my heart what my favorite ice cream flavor and donut actually tastes like. Well, this made me realize that these things should be done by heart every day irrespective of the world ending in few days. 

If you ask me what will I do before few minutes, I would grab a pizza and I'll eat it until I'm full and then I'll take some sleeping pills, a lot of them because health is not going to matter at that point. Those sleeping pills would be a need for me to take a nap because nobody can sleep knowing that the world is going to end. I want death to knock at my door when I'm sleeping peacefully because I think that's the most peaceful death anybody could have. I'm not going to force myself to stay happy and positive before the world is ending because eventually, it will end up with the term toxic positivity which means ignoring the truth about what's going to happen in few hours and forcing ourselves to stay happy and positive in difficult times. I think that will never be fair to me, I would like to face the reality no matter how negative it is. I'll face the truth no matter how scary it is.

Animals would be dead as well which makes me sad.

What's the point of living? of our life? If death is going to knock on our door any day then what's the point of our life? what's the point of our anger, our ego, hatred towards people, grudges, little things which make us overthink? We all are going to die someday and our whole existence is going to end then why do we care so much about things which don't matter? Why are we even studying? I think life does have a meaning even though it's going to end someday, it needs dedication and purpose. What you did in your whole existence matters, not how many years you lived. A  person can live up to 90 years and can do nothing but a person who lived for 20 years might change the whole world or its surrounding with love, passion, dedication, and purpose. 

 

They meant the covid-19 disease and not the actual end :)