Like most of you, this virus has affected my life in nearly all ways possible. No more photoshoots, staff meetings, dinner dates, weekends visiting family, gym sessions, or getaways out of town. This threat started small and grew to an impossible nightmare so fast! I’m still trying to fully absorb what’s going on. After week one of feeling sorry for myself, I started realizing how lucky I truly am once this second week hit. I had to remind myself: the main goal in all of this mayhem is to remain healthy so that others can also remain healthy. Right now I’ve got health on my side, and with that, one is truly blessed. The cherry on top is the supportive community of friends, family and colleagues, which is a gift I’ve not valued as much as I do right now during this social distancing quarantine.

While life doesn’t feel as fulfilling as usual, I am taking steps to settle in and accept the new norm. It isn’t a perfect process and my mind has been playing its own tricks. This week I’ve felt stronger overall, but some bouts of sadness mixed with a panic-stricken meltdowns certainly made an appearance. I’m trying to make the best of this situation, so I’ve decided to create a schedule for each day and take it step by step. If I think about a month down the line, I’ll get anxious and tense up. So, as the ever so simple saying goes, ‘baby steps’. This mentality works for me.

I’ll be honest, I sometimes find myself jumping from task to task on that schedule, and in no particular order. It all depends on how distracted I get, what my mood is like, or how tired I become. Being cooped up this many hours, days and now weeks, has brought on a strong desire to snooze. And as many of you condo dwellers know, when your bed is a maximum of ten steps from you at all times, this is a temptation hard to resist. But it’s not going to be a perfect flow, not yet anyways. This is all brand new.

One thing I’m trying not to be is hard on myself. I am keeping busy and giving myself purpose each day with a list of tasks I had wanted to complete for some time now; finally the calendar is cleared to tackle them one by one. I’ve started decluttering my living space, using YouTube classes to break a sweat, blogging and meditating (something I used to avoid at all costs). Cooking is no longer a necessity but rather an exciting activity upon which to look forward. I’ve never gone through so many dirty dishes! Discussions with friends are becoming more creative, expressive and entertaining and I’m adding new ideas to my list of ‘things to do’ every day.

I hope you’re all keeping as well as can be and expanding your creativity so that you may fill your time with new adventures of your own!

Thanks for popping by to read my thoughts. Stay tuned, more to come.