floating in the clouds

We made it through three weeks. And now we have another three weeks to make it through as well. I'm doing okay actually, it's been hard not seeing all my friends but phone calls and group chats have been really amazing also. The weather has been beautiful, I'm definitely well rested, been working on myself a lot, it's almost been great - considering the circumstances.  I wanted to write a post today on some things you can do to help pass the time, as we have had three weeks to exhaust all of our spring cleaning and Netflix binges and bread making. Now is where it starts getting really boring. So I've written a list of some big things to do and another one for some little boredom busters when you are actually bored off your tits and need something to do. ~ Photo taken from a walk the other day ~ - Make some life goals. I feel like being stuck inside seems to have made a lot of people realise how precious the outside world is and inspired people to want to ...

I wanted to write a few words on how I'm coping with being in quarantine. I truly thought I would absolutely crumble, that all the work I'd spent on keeping busy and healthy would be undone by the coming weeks of being stuck in the house. Feeling that naturally, I would go back to my unhealthy habits of staying in bed all day, sleeping in all day and staying up all night, surviving mostly off of ridiculous quantities of tea and never brushing my hair. But we're on day 7 now, and I'm coping pretty damn well. So I thought I'd talk about how I'm keeping my head above water, and actually enjoying the time I have at home at the moment. The turning point for me, realising quarantine was going to be okay, was when I came across some information on how we, as human beings, have the ability to adapt to new circumstances. It's one of our scientific advantages that brought us to the top of the food chain, for our physical ability to adapt to different climates t...

So in my last post I was really feeling the effects of the pandemic and was terrified of the impact it would have on my mental health. Since then the best thing happened - the sun came out. For the first time since last September, the sun is shining, it's warm enough to wear slightly lighter clothes and it's dry!! This has picked my mood up so much which allowed me to see things a bit better, I've shut off any negative thought I have about self isolation and ensuring I'm looking at it as an opportunity to get lots of stuff done, pick up running again, get stuck into writing and spending time with family. So last night, when I came home from what (should be) my last day at work for the unforeseeable future, I went for a run and decided to create my Quarantine Plan. This is a little list I've made in a notebook on all the things I'm hoping to achieve throughout my self isolation. This is going to give me things to do to keep my self care and mood accounted fo...