Self Care during lockdown. The best articles, thoughts and ideas.

I think I’m on week 7 of lockdown… To be honest I really don’t know what week or day it is.. does anyone? In all, I think I’m managing everything ok but have found myself reading a lot of self-care articles. It seems like everyone has their ideas on how you should be looking after yourself during this crazy time. But I have come across some really interesting thoughts and ideas on self-care during lockdown. These have made me look at this time in a different way and reassess my thoughts.

Your allowed feel happy

To be honest, for the most part, I love lockdown. I’m an introvert and super lazy. My idea of a perfect day is spending it in bed binge watching netflix on my own. Plus I’ve been working from home for the past few years and my daily wardrobe is leggings and a zippee so life hasn’t really changed to much for me. Actually in a way everyone is now living my life… But then I feel super guilty when I think how hard life must be for some. The nurses and doctors, those who are sick and have lost loved ones, and those who are trapped in terrible domestic abuse situations. This article really connected with me and helped me feel ok about being ok.

“how can I be happy with anything in my life when so many people are suffering?” The truth is that, as humans, our emotions are endlessly complex. There’s a huge range of “right” ways to feel about all of this”

https://www.self.com/story/moments-of-joy-in-pandemic

The Great Pause.

This article isn’t exactly about self care during lockdown. – But it is an excellent post! This paragraph really opened my eyes to what a gift we have been given.

“I hope you might consider this: what happened is inexplicably incredible. It’s the greatest gift ever unwrapped. Not the deaths, not the virus, but The Great Pause. It is, in a word, profound. Please don’t recoil from the bright light beaming through the window. I know it hurts your eyes. It hurts mine, too. But the curtain is wide open. What the crisis has given us is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see ourselves and our country in the plainest of views. At no other time, ever in our lives, have we gotten the opportunity to see what would happen if the world simply stopped”

https://medium.com/@juliovincent/prepare-for-the-ultimate-gaslighting-6a8ce3f0a0e0