The last few months have been hard for everyone, and I’m no exception. While my state seems to have flattened the curve somewhat, venturing out into crowded situations is still a no go for me and most of my family. So when my mother needed an emergency hospital visit, my anxiety went through the roof.
Thankfully, she’s fine, and while her ailment wasn’t related to the current circumstances plaguing us all, I was afraid that said circumstance might still affect her. We’ve been so very careful. Whenever someone leaves the house, they have at least two face masks, gloves, and they socially distance as much as possible, but I always wonder if that’s not enough. We do what we can, but ultimately, the onus is on others as much as us. If someone screws up, it has the potential to screw us up as well. For this reason we limit trips to the outside as much as possible.
The last four months have been filled with little to no private time, emotional distance, staring at walls that I’ve wanted to paint for years, and enough stress to throw off my routine. I’ve been WFH for the last 5-6 years so being inside doesn’t bother me as much as the average person, but the lack of choice, not being able to take a day trip to the city when I’d like has been hard. Needless to say, finding a way to cope with all this has been key. I’ve binge watched shows, made sure to exercise at least a half hour a day, and read (mostly comics). It’s not too far off from my usual routine to relax, but the timing and amounts are all wrong. But when things get back to something closer to normal, I might try to as well. I feel some guilt about veering so far off course, but it’s far from my choice. There were so many personal things I wanted to get done this year, but hopefully thing will be better next year.
In addition to my regular freelance, so far during lockdown I’ve:
- Watched Netflix’s The Witcher 3 times (4 times total counting the initial release)
- Upgraded my office area(pics to come)
- Watched Hannibal (bleh)
- Got a Ring Fit for the switch
- remade some book covers just to see what they’d looked like. Going to post them on my Patreon soon along with some other things.
- Got some holographic stickers made! I want to sell one and just give away one for maybe $2 a piece? Not sure where to offer them though haha.
- played a lot of Hard Space: Shipbreaker and Overwatch
- Following the updated on the BLM and the state of arresting the cops who killed Breonna Taylor
- Guested on a podcast with some friends
- brainstormed a podcast with more friends
- started a semi regular yoga routine
- lost at least one clothing size. Haven’t formally checked, but things are pretty roomy over here.
Oddly enough, I haven’t baked any bread. It wouldn’t be new for me, but it’s odd that I haven’t felt the itch with all this time and how everyone else is doing it.
How have you been coping? Healthy ways? Not so healthy ways? Let me know in the comments