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The year we’d rather forget

As of today, I have been sheltering at home for almost 6 months now.  It has been awesome staying with family during a scary and stressful time, and I am fortunate to be given every possible support to be working at home.

It still wasn’t easy.  I am very much aware of my good fortune and privilege, but it doesn’t come without its own challenges.  The stress that comes with a demanding load feels much more weighted by the uncertainty hovering over everyone.  I’m trying to find that right balance in coping mechanisms, between striving for a more prayerful life, engaging in mindfulness practice, and taking sanity breaks.  It’s really hard to make strategic pauses when I feel like always chasing after milestones, but I have to keep trying.

It has been touch an go, and a constant work in progress, but there really is nowhere to go but forward. 

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