We’re kind of living in a weird time, aren’t we?
Almost any place of gathering – schools, sporting events, even Disney World and other theme parks – are all closed.
Pretty much any office job is recommending their employees work from home.
And for some reason, there’s a major shortage on toilet paper … which ironically enough, I only learned about 30 minutes ago that we’re actually running low on at my house! 😯
I’m really trying to adopt the philosophy of focusing on the silver lining of this whole situation – that being a change of pace, albeit forced, from the daily life that is normal for me right now. Instead of a day filled with rushing to work only to leave to pick up kids a few hours later, then trying to juggle more work and supporting my family until bedtime, and then trying to support my writing business with whatever’s left, I’m challenging myself to take a different approach…
In being home all day, I want to truly take advantage of being home by spending lots of time with my family, breaks to help them with crafts and academics, meals together, etc…
I also want to try and get a tackle on organizing our house, as for the next several weeks apparently it’s going to become our lifeboat!
I want to reinforce my support for remote work by showing how physical location has no impact on the quality of my work. In fact, I expect it to improve as I won’t have to don headphones like whenever conversation surrounds me at the office!
I want to do what I can to help support small and local businesses because I know that some of them are going to take a real beating from this thing. Actually, just this morning I supported a local business by paying a guy to come fix my sprinkler system, so we’re off to the races already! 😀
If I can find the time, I’d love to squeeze in a little exercise … we’ll see…
And ultimately I just want to help improve myself by taking this bizarre opportunity to slow down and focus on the things that are really important for a change.
The whole legitimate excuse for avoiding people I guess is simply a bonus! 😉