March Madness

Well, this has been a turn of events. For me, this is day 6 of self-isolation and I have gone completely batty. My own fault though, I haven’t been moving my body, nor keeping any semblance of a normal schedule, so that is my priority from now on.

Today is the first official day of Spring! Which puts a pep in my step and I am thankful for that. Time to dust off the cobwebs and begin moving forward. So, spring cleaning it is, and not just of my physical spaces but my mental spaces too. With this unexpected free time on my hands I find myself distracting myself rather than focusing on my needs, thus I am making a commitment to myself that each day I will do one thing, even if it only takes 10 minutes, that helps facilitate a healthy mind.

But how?

Truthfully I don’t actually know. I journal a fair bit at night, but maybe it’s time to journal during the day more extensively and ask harder questions. Maybe it’s taking the time to asses some mental triggers and working to reduce them in my everyday life. Maybe it’s just doing a watercolour to pass the time instead of endlessly scrolling on Instagram to pass innumerable hours only to find that when I look up from my phone I have passed the last 2.5 hours sitting on my bed in the towel I used after the shower and my tea is cold. Who knows.

I think this self-isolation thing could be good for some, but for many with active minds and bodies who use their day to day as a way of using up the creative and kinetic energy built up in them, I know that it can be very hard.

So, I’m off for a walk, get the spring air in my lungs, and then I think it’s time I take a crack at the pile of books that have been neglected for far too long. Till next time.

-Spencer