Dear Mommy,
Well, my official 14 days of total isolation, quarantine, lock up, however you want to call it, will officially be over as of tonight. I am probably one of the healthiest people in this country right now. It's hard to believe how much has happened in two short but equally long weeks. Prior to leaving the States, the big question posed to me was how are you going to keep yourself busy for the next 14 days? Niavely, I was incredibly positive. No problem. Its just 14 days and then I'll be free to get back to my regular life. I'll get some work done, create some training plans, thankfully be able to take most of my clients online, read a little, and catch up on (at the time 'Love is Blind') Netflix and TV.
Two weeks later, my saving grace is that I will finally be able to walk to the grocery store and choose my own produce and get some much needed fresh air and vitamins. While I have been able to keep a positive outlook on how this affects my life for the most part, the motivation to keep a schedule, working hard, and staying busy, has progressively gotten more difficult over the last few days. The ants in the pants are there. Im itching to go for a run. To interact with someone, any one, in real life, real time, not through a screen. But my perspective over the last couple of weeks has also been affected by those I know or know only through stories or acquaintances, who have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19. I am fortunate to have a home. I am fortunate to be healthy. I am fortunate to check in with family and friends whenever I need it. Counting our blessings, changing our rhetoric, appreciating our wins, these are big things. These make a difference.
But I am after all only human. and I can adapt to a new situation given enough time. So I choose to workout every day. I choose to continue to cook each meal (except treating myself tonight to my release from self-isolation party). I continue to provide quality content and training programs to my clients. Because it is my job. Because I love it. and because life goes on. No matter how weird or abnormal, or different it may feel. I've adapted to a new normal before. And I will learn to adapt to a new normal again. It certainly doesn't make anything less scary, as job security is up in the air. who knows how long this will be our new reality of life at home. And while I feel like I am living in this life on pause, on hold if you will, everything is still moving forward around me. It's a weird feeling to feel like life is passing you by...but that's where I am at right now. My professional life is on hold. My personal life is on hold. Yet, everything continues to move forward. So regardless, I have to as well.
If you can still be outside, if you have a backyard, if you have a full fridge, relax, take a deep breathe, and remember how fortunate we are in times like these. Before you complain or share a frustration, remember the positives, remember the wins, and know that with time, this will pass and appreciate all that you have at this given moment.
It's Monday, y'all! go and crush it and make a difference in someones day today :)
jordana, stay well and upbeat. Your blogs make a difference. love you so much. ❤️