Working from home, alone, is nothing new to authors. These past days, while incredibly stressful to others, is just more of the same isolated existence an author, artist, craftsman (crafts-person?), and many others embrace. But being in isolation or lock-down does not have to mean feeling isolated. In the past week, dozens of people I have not heard from in months or even years have reached out online. That not only feels good, it is good. Let’s hope that sort of connectivity continues when all this is over. It is but one of the positives that might come out of this dreadful virus.
Turn the TV off, turn off the news feed. It isn’t healthy constantly listening to the news of the virus, becoming upset as both the Democrats and Republicans continue their partisan bickering, or becoming frustrated at how ineffective the federal government is in this time of crisis. Since we apparently do not have much leadership at any level, lead yourself through this. Reach out and connect with others, see what others may need, how they feel, what you can do. Something very surprising may come come from all this. We might find that we welcome isolating ourselves from negative news, negative people, identify the more important things in life, and put more balance back in our lives.
