My alarm goes off at 7:30am.
I get up and have breakfast.
At 8:00am I log in to my work laptop, check any tasks/calls for the coming day.
I take a break every 50 minutes to stand and stretch.
I write in my journal during a break.
At midday I stop for lunch.
After that I spend 10 minutes meditating.
Then back to work for the afternoon.
I am lucky to have this routine, it’s about to change from next week whilst the project I work on is scaled back to almost zero staff, but it’ll pick back up again in a few weeks, maybe a month.
So I’ll have a new routine from next week.
The routine is helping, having something to do, something to focus on is helping.
Isn’t it funny how quickly we get used to change, how quickly we adapt and accept that this is just how things are for now, how quickly I’ve started scanning the street ahead of me to see if anyone is going to walk past, crossing the road to avoid them. How quickly I’ve learnt to just make do with whatever food we have in the cupboards and fridge.
We are lucky. We are both healthy, able-bodied, and we have each other. Hearing news of friends, isolated, who may have contracted the virus, is heart-breaking. They will be fine, I tell myself, even though I’m not sure.
And to stop myself worrying too much I return to my routine.
My new normal is getting me through.
I hope you are getting through this as best you can.