How to save your sanity while in isolation...

I know, I know, it's been forever since I wrote anything here. What can I say? I got inspired by everyone posting they couldn't tell the days apart anymore and wanted to share the system I came up with. It's one way I can help. Or at least that's how I'm choosing to look at it. Please take any part of this that helps. Drop what doesn't. Adjust as needed. Just take care of yourself. You need it now more than ever. So here it goes...

(Me and my Social Distance Twin Day twin in shirts that both say: I need my space.) So the first week I was home, I realized I was going to have a problem. The days were already blurring together. I was checking the day on my phone multiple times a day and it bothered me. Then I came across this on Facebook:

I was inspired and decided to take it even further. That's when I came up with my system. Each day has its theme, a loved activity, an exercise, some form of selfcare, chores, and a dinner theme. It would be super easy to adapt to other things you'd like to do instead. You can interpret the themes to whatever degree you want. Disney Day could be anything from just drinking coffee out of a mug with a character on it, to watching a movie marathon if you have the time. (Many of us have the time right now, I think.) The point is to give you things to look forward to, ways to distinguish between the days easily, and easy ways to make decisions you may already be tired of making, while making sure that your needs are being met. Taking care of everything is hard enough on its own without adding the group trauma all of us are dealing with from the Covid-19 outbreak and resulting Shelter at Home orders many of us are under. So here's my example with comments:

I really hope this is helpful to anyone who needs it. Take care, guys.