lunabee34 | I can't decide if this is tacky or not (the silver lining remix)

I am hoping to take this time of quarantine/social distancing to make changes in my life and reinforce changes I'd already made.

I have been outside more in the last week than I have since last summer. I am really enjoying reconnecting to nature. When Fiona and I go on our nature walks, I'm being really intentional about observing the world around us, and I think it's helping me to be calm and not so anxious.

I am feeling closer (but not too close yet LOL though I'm sure that's coming) to my family and enjoying the opportunity to talk to them all more.

I am reading and writing more.

I am enjoying the challenge of figuring out how to do things in our learning management system that I didn't know how to do before and that I will be able to carry over into my teaching in the future. I am enjoying helping Josh figure out how to get his classes online and being a contact for colleagues who haven't taught online before to help them make the transition.

I am enjoying keeping my house cleaner and neater than I usually do when we are all at work and school for such a long portion of the day.

I am also feeling physically better for being at home. My fatigue has been noticeably less in this week at home than when I'm working (although the pain I've been experiencing is about the same).

I feel really anxious right now, especially due to the ambiguous nature of this situation and not knowing when or how things will progress or change, and focusing on these positives is helping me to get through. I know that my ability to do so is a reflection of my privilege; my husband and I are not losing any income during this crisis, for example, and it's so much easier to be positive in our situation.

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I'm in a similar position - Orion and I are not suffering negative effects to our income, and we're mainly just getting more at-home time to spend on the activities we enjoy. (Aside from the obvious anxiety issues.)

But I am trying not to feel guilty about our lives being better than most right now, because it means that we're in a good position both financially and emotionally to help people who need it, and also to better weather whatever blows we and our families are dealt over the next few months (health, financial, etc). I think in general, as long as none of us use it as an excuse to sever our responsibilities as members of a society, that having a cushion of people who are doing well is a very necessary thing - it wouldn't improve things at all if we were ALL poor, and having some of us who are doing pretty well is going to help with getting things back to normal afterwards, and helping our families and communities in the meantime.

And personally, I would really like to come out of this with some healthy, useful habits and good memories, if I can. There's nothing wrong with making your life and your family's lives better as long as you're not stepping on other people to do it.

This is such a thoughtful and kind comment. Thank you for making it.

I have been feeling guilty that my family is going to weather this a lot better than many other people, and your thoughts here are my thoughts on that subject.

I am such a doom and gloom kind of person. I catastrophize. I immediately assume the worst. The one thing I have found that helps me not to be that way is focus on gratitudes. I am really anxious, but looking for positives is helping me stay sane.

Hey, when Josh had to go out today to get Emma's RX, Wal-Mart had toilet paper again! Hurrah!

*hugs and hugs*

I can't decide if this is tacky or not (the silver lining remix)

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