So this happened. I thought it was high time I got myself organised, especially as it seems I’m going to be in perpetual self-isolation for another year. At the moment they are saying they hope to have approximately 50% of people in Andalucía vaccinated BY NEXT OCTOBER. Like wtf? As previously discussed here, I am not only in a high-risk category for catching the virus, my age and other health issues make it very likely I wouldn’t survive Covid. So yeah, staying Covid-free is pretty important. But so is my mental health, and I have to say the past couple of weeks have been much harder on me than the previous year (well, so far). And so I’ve decided to give my days some structure by setting up a daily schedule of Things To Do.
Why didn’t I do this back in March? Who knows. I mean, back in March we all thought this would be over by the summer and drifting for awhile didn’t seem like a bad idea. In fact, it was a way of coping, just allowing myself to “go with the flow”. But now I just feel adrift, and that’s not good. I look around me and everything feels out of control, so it’s time to take back some of that. It may sound simplistic but just making sure I have something to do each day is already making me feel better. Will I stick to it? Guess we’ll find out. Have to say I’m looking forward to having a tidy apartment again. 🙂
What ways have you found to help ride out the pandemic?
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Booze and Star Trek, mostly. I have a pronounced circadian rhythm so the days have a consistent shape, but the options for things to do with myself really are getting old, once I’ve racked up some exercise and thought of a good dinner. Usually forex laundry is my Zen but now it’s one of the only things there is.
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OMG I’d be lost without some daily wine. I have found a good online source that is way cheap. I like to think that I’m waking up? This past almost a year has been so deadening and I went along with just doing the bare minimum, since that was all I could do. Now I feel ready to do more.
Forex laundry??
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I had good intentions back in March but they pretty much went by the wayside! Apart from a bit of household stuff, and Marmalade making I am sticking to little tasks, a bit of family history and a bit of email and Facebook catching up with folks. It’s not setting the world on fire but gets me through the day. From tomorrow we have more restrictions but to be honest it makes little difference.
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Same in terms of restrictions. Unless we go back to full lockdown I hardly notice them since I seldom go out, and when I do it’s in the afternoon, so the curfews don’t affect me.
Gosh, cannot even imagine me writing that comment a year ago.
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