On March 12, 2020, Ghana recorded the first case of Covid-19, two weeks after the virus spread across the capital city with around 130 cases. The President of Ghana had to take drastic measures to control the outbreak, and on March 30, 2020 the capital city of Ghana, Accra and Kumasi were put under lockdown. The lockdown was later extended to two other regions – Central and Western – due to rising cases. It lasted for three weeks, during which movement in and out of the affected areas was restricted, and many businesses and public places were closed.
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Borders were closed, transportation was cut off, and, schools, churches and all activities were halted for over a week.
During the lockdown, I felt my whole world has come to an end. I felt all my dreams had been shattered and that we would not have a world to return to after the Covid-19 pandemic. Watching the news and the death rates of Covid-19 victims, I lost all hope. Life became meaningless, and my mind couldn’t comprehend what was just happening. I was full of hope, dreams, enthusiasm and suddenly everything just disappeared.
On May 25, 2020, we have recorded over 7,000 cases with 34 deaths. The thought of not knowing when all this was going to stop and what our world would look like after Covid-19 started driving me crazy. I would think about it so much that I started feeling depressed. There was no one to talk to or share all what was going through my head. I started feeling very bored, which led to other complications.
I shared my experiences with some few close friends, and they also shared what they were going through. We had the same challenges of staying indoors for too long and couldn’t hold ourselves together. We needed something to take our minds off the news, the virus, and the havoc it was creating. This is when the thoughts to find ways to take our minds into a different world, a serene place, a place of peace, happiness, and joy, a journey beyond our physical world, a world free and safe from covid-19, came to us.
On June 12, 2020, Readersity was born. Readersity was our solitude, our heaven, the place where we could read Books and inspiring stories that took our minds off everything that was happening in our world.
Readersity gave us the encouragement, the hope, and the social bond that we needed to withstand the isolation and boredom Covid-19 brought to us.
Readersity brought interesting and amazing individuals from different walks of life. It became the home where we all sought comfort, Joy, and happiness through the books we read. These books rekindled our spirits and brought back the hope, joy and happiness that we had lost to Covid-19 pandemic.
Our first book was “Who Moved My Cheese” by Spencer Johnson, a motivational and self-help book that uses a parable to teach its lessons. The story follows four characters – two mice named Sniff and Scurry, and two little people named Hem and Haw – as they navigate a maze in search of cheese, which represents happiness and success in our lives. When the cheese in their usual spot is moved, the characters react differently, with Sniff and Scurry quickly adapting and searching for new cheese, while Hem and Haw resist change and struggle to find a new source of cheese. This encouraged all of us at the time to embrace the change, to be flexible, to overcome our fear of the unknown, and take action to find new opportunities for success.
Overall, the book teaches that change is inevitable, and those who are willing to adapt and take risks are more likely to thrive in a changing world.
Through Readersity, many lives have been transformed in numerous ways. Souls have been enlightened, minds have been rejuvenated, and hearts have been inspired.
Readersity is a platform that inspires young people to thirst and hunger for knowledge and wisdom through reading, thinking, growing and building riches. Our mission to instill in young folks the habit of reading, thinking & growing rich. We read a book once a month, hold discussions on the book, share lessons, and the impact that the book had on our lives.
Today we have over 300 members and have read 26 books together as a community. We have discovered a lot about our world and ourselves, our readings span from self-help and personal development to entrepreneurship, financial intelligence, spirituality, love and relationships, self-discovery, habits, and behaviors among others.
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