Have a Think: “A Time of Excitement and Anxiety”
2 min readJul 3, 2020
A phrase used on BBC News at 2:00 today is my newly adopted mantra: “A Time of Excitement and Anxiety.” I’ve adopted it as a fair summary of the balance between public health and the economy. It’s also an example of where I’ve been stuck in my head for over two years, trying to figure out how culture and character puts a different gloss on similar circumstances occurring around the world.