I was going to start a tally of self-quarantine days, but I’m not really sure when we started versus just living this way anyway. Regardless, we’re slowly adjusting.
First, my wife and I are kicking around some plans to more formalize our daughter’s daily schedule, since as of now her school is closed until mid-April. Her daycare may re-open, but she’s been coughing for the last couple days so sending her doesn’t seem like a good idea.
My martial arts school is looking at doing some kind of lessons online, via Zoom or what-have-you. My teacher asked me to look into options today, so that’s on my to-do list. It certainly won’t be the same as actual in-person training, but it’s better than nothing.
I think a big takeaway from this situation is not to let perfect be the enemy of good. We won’t be able to get our kid as much instruction and social contact as she’d have in school, but we can do more than we are doing. Same thing with the martial arts training. There’s reason to think that our daily lives are going to be very different for a long time, so we may as well start finding ways to figure it out.
It’s very strange. I’ve been thinking a lot about my own tendency towards isolation. I’ve always been much more interested in learning new things than having new experiences or meeting new people. I haven’t been to a bar in years, and don’t have a particularly active social life. I’d been thinking a lot in the last few months about whether this is secretly eating away at me or something. Admittedly I’d like more of a peer group than I have, people I can talk to about things that interest me. But it’s not wrecking my mental state, as far as I can tell. So after all that, it’s kind of strange to suddenly have this massive push towards social distancing and the like.
My main hope, aside from the maximum people staying healthy, is that we see some greater appreciation for others in our economic system whose are proving their importance. Unfortunately, there’s talk of bailing out some large industries, which is a normal that we really need to stop.
I’ll leave everyone with this, sourced from reddit:
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