Day 2 actually feels a bit easier in the sense that I think most people have settled (even if slightly) into this new reality and there’s a consistent network of checking-in.
Today started with a Bootcamp HIIT class (below, left), a Google Hangout with my boss in matching Patagonia gear, a FaceTime with my one of my girls (also in a similar role) where we chatted about work strategy, dating and tips and tricks for staying sane through Thursday all while fixing our top-knots and wiping away yesterday’s mascara.
There is a silver lining in all this somewhere and I think it’s going to take the form of deepening our value of human connection, treating ourselves right, being okay with slow and making an effort to reach out, to care, to love to check-in. No man is an island. And then when you’re seemingly on an island, you (at least I) quickly realize that you want to be off of it. I’m used to slow Sundays solo, a little self-care, a little yoga, a little trash TV. But I feel like I’ve had three Sundays in a row and I’m so ready for Monday.
Side note: I also realized my dislike for mugs with dark interiors (how do I know when my tea is steeped?!) and tuck jumps (thanks bodyweight exercises). Just sayin’
So this is life for right now. And my commitments to myself are as follows:
- Stay hydrated
- Daily cardio (running and virtual HIIT classes)
- Daily yoga and meditation
- Daily journaling or blogging (hi, guys)
- Slow and healthy meals
- Trying new meal prep recipes from my cookbooks or saved posts
- Picking one new area a week to organize, de-clutter (I’ve already done my dry goods in my kitchen because FRESH and finally taken a pile of clothes to the dry cleaner athankyou)
- Read a book (this one is big. I’m going to shut off social media and TV one hour before bed and read)
Shortly after slicing my thumb on an apple-corer (making texting, my main communication with the outside world very difficult), I hopped on another Zoom yoga class which really gave me the excuse to not wash my hair for a couple more hours. As much as I love a good dry shampoo, I decided to make the big girl choice and give my scalp a scrub before a virtual catch-up with my friend across the pond followed by my very first virtual date complete with a glass of wine and a houseplant tour (I showed him my puzzle of my houseplants). For that, I showered and put on mascara. Big. Day.
I ended the night sweetly with a virtual dinner party, 6 small squares of some of favorite faces, each with our respective dinners, bevy of choice and the best attitudes we knew how to muster talking about circumstances, Love is Blind, job searching in these COVID times.
What are you all doing to stay healthy/sane/invoke new habits for yourself? I’d love to hear in the comments below. Or text me. ‘Cause your homegirl needs some human connection ya feel?
Love and health always. And especially these days.
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