keeping busy

I’m trying to keep a routine and keep busy with projects around the house. My morning routine of reading, writing, and thinking has been very helpful in keeping things in perspective. Everyone has a different level of stress right now but here are a few things that have been helpful to me so far. I read the news updates just a couple times a day. I’ve also been trying not to read any news that are just opinion pieces. I’m looking for actual information and I also don’t need to hear it repeated over and over, and this one change has reduced the amount of actual news to read tremendously.

I’ve also been keeping up with my favorite blogs and sites and people are really making an effort to find creative ways to stay positive, find joy, and help others during this difficult time. It’s inspirational how people, companies, and communities are coming together to help each other. People are coming up with creative ways to keep connected like having virtual lunches and happy hours and phone trees to call elderly people who don’t use technology well.

My cooking routine this past couple of weeks has been the opposing forces of trying to eat all of the food lurking in the bottom of my freezer but yet I keep making double batches of new food to put in the freezer to eat later. The food sites are exploding with creative meal making while we are social distancing and I’ve saved enough enough cookie recipes to last a lifetime.

If you need a laugh here are a few funny posts. Enjoy the rest of your day.