March, one of the most trying months for many of us, has finally come and gone after what felt like forever. If you lost your job in March, cried more times than what feels normal to you, or every other stress that has decided to arise during this time, just know we made it. It’s the small wins right now and to know that we made it through March is a very large win in my book.
April, another month where the contents are very much unknown. Whether you are still in quarantine until the middle of the month or if you happen to be like me where it has been extended to the end of the month.. let’s all just take a d e e p breath together right now. This is going to be another trying month and who knows when if it will actually be over by then. All I can do is take it one day at a time and know that I am doing my part for humanity right now. There is a lot out there that is do everything you can do at home and get after it! I am here to tell you, if you don’t – IT’S OKAY. It’s more than okay, you don’t need to be changing the world while you are in quarantine, you don’t need to clean out your entire house and reorganize every room, and you certainly don’t need to write an autobiography or journal every day if you don’t want to. Some days I am super productive and clean, organize, purge, etc. and other days I watch T.V. all day and do a puzzle and that’s about it. There is no right way to be in quarantine because we are all figuring it out as we go. If you have kids and your day is spent keeping them busy and you feel the nine thousand other things you have to do start piling up. Just remember you’re doing all that you can and take a sip of wine and tell yourself there is still tomorrow. That is what we have right now, time. There is always the “I don’t have enough time in the day” well now we do and if we don’t get it done today we have tomorrow.
The race against time is something I have always tried to outrun. I have always wanted to be older, faster and have more of my life figured out, quicker. Now I am being forced to slow down and to figure out my life one moment at a time as it is changing day by day. The future right now is something so unknown and uncertain and to most that is so scary and to some that is how they thrive. The only thing we know for sure is we have the time to figure it out. We have the time to take it one day at a time and do everything and sometimes do nothing at all. I am a very regimented person, I like to have plans and know what my week looks like ahead of time but right now it is making me go out of my comfort zone and do what I can in the time that I have. I know this isn’t an easy thing to find your happy medium with because when we aren’t forced to stay home we want to stay home but the second we are told to stay home it seems unbearable. I try and find time for myself every day even if it is the only thing I actually did. Whether it’s to read my book, stretch, lay in the backyard in the sun, or have a glass of wine. I am promising myself a few minutes everyday dedicated to doing what I feel I need that day.
So, if you are a parent, a dog parent, isolating alone, or with family, take a few minutes for yourself. It is needed and it is the only time we don’t have any other excuses for it. With all the time in the world right now, we have no reason to not breathe for ourselves. That is the only thing we can do, make sure our health stays up, our families health stays up, our mental health stays up, our families mental health stays up.
Check in on your friends, family, neighbors and make sure they are healthy and mentally doing what they need to do for themselves. Here’s to another month of knocking the calendar down one day at a time and just making it through this alive and well.
Sending all the positive vibes, hugs, and good health to you that I can.
Xx,
HMadz
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