What were you doing a month ago? Whatever it was, doesn't it seem in some ways like a million years ago! Because now here we are, one month into this COVID-19 quarantine. It's been four weeks of social distancing and self-isolation. Four weeks of disturbing and scary news. Four weeks of trying to navigate a whole new world of working from home and remote learning for our kids AND a shortage of toilet paper at the grocery store. Four weeks of fear and uncertainty. Four weeks of a crisis unlike anything we've ever experienced in our lifetimes.
But that's exactly why it's so important for the sake of your sanity and mental well-being to take a step back every once in a while and just do a little self check-in. How are you holding up? Are you about to lose your mind or starting to find your groove? Are you being productive or struggling? The reality is that because this is something none of us have ever experienced, there's also no way to know exactly how to respond. There's no rule book and no way to predict how it's all going to play out.
But, you have a choice! You can sit there in fear, anxiety, stress and worry. You can obsessively check the news. And then, when it all becomes too much to think about, you can tune-out, where you stay in your pj's all day and start binge watching TV. OR you can take a different path and choose to focus on the things that you can actually control. You can choose to make the most of this crazy time.
