Bad day/good day

I had my first wobble on Tuesday, as in a bit of a wig out. With all the talk of how one should make the most of this time in isolation, and get on with various projects that you might not usually have the time or the energy for, I’d been slowly driving myself crazy. I just couldn’t focus, and felt like I just floated around, not accomplishing anything. This article, ‘Stop trying to be productive’, in the New York Times, was really helpful in highlighting how right now, maybe being productive was not the thing to be doing at all. So, Mr Famapa, after having made a daily schedule for Oomoo over the Easter holidays (that we are in now), suggested that it would probably be helpful if I made one for myself. Now don’t get us wrong, we are NOT schedule-y parents normally (and there’s nothing wrong with that - each to their own!), but with an only child, and not being able to hang out with friends or go anywhere and break up the day, having some structure have helped making the time pass. At that particular moment I felt particularly low, but as luck would have it, I was due to go and meet my friend D who lives close by, for a walk together and apart, like we now do. It was a gorgeous day, and great to see someone else, right at that moment, and have good chat about everything and nothing. It was so great that we’ve decided that, as part of our new schedules, two of these walks a week would help us both. I’ve almost completely filled in my weekly time table now, and I followed it to a t yesterday, and I felt MUCH better with a proper structure to my day. These tips from Alastair Campbell (of all people!) are bloody brilliant for right now, and if you find yourself feeling low, there are some very good suggestions there of how to avoid the dark days, and how to treat yourself well.