March 19, 2020
I don’t know how you feel about all this, I’m not sure how I feel about it either. The virus isn’t something to be scared of unless you are one of those at risk. I think that we should just assume that a lot of us will get it, but a smaller % are at serious risk for it to be really bad, and for those people all of us need to stay away. Even if we are healthy, if we can we should just stay at home. If we do go out we should be careful. I don’t understand how people don’t know that they should not cough or sneeze out in the open and not know how to properly wash their hands, that’s things you learn as a child. But still, people have been coughing right at me several times the past few weeks and people still doesn’t seem to understand how to wash their hands.
Not only is there a virus going around that we need to be careful to not spread to the people at risk, having a husband who works in finance isn’t exactly comforting. I have never seen my husband so stressed out and worried before. For that reason I have been trying to stay extra calm for the both of us.
Almost every morning the past two weeks, my husbands first sentence to me has been “today will be an interesting day, the world is ending”. Not so exciting to wake up to as you can imagine, and it’s quite dramatic.
For many many years, I have stayed away from reading or listening to the news especially in the morning cause it sets the tone for my whole day. When I do feel like updating myself, I might do it in the afternoon or just wait for my husband to tell me the important stuff when he comes home from work at night (it’s part of his job to be updated about everything going on in the world). Now I have my husband working from home and I hear all the crazy stuff throughout the day, and it’s a lot to take in. Last week my husband started to tell me something that was going on and I stopped him and said “hun, you can tell me after 9 am”.
I am worried and maybe even a little scared. But noone knows what the future holds and what will happen with every country’s economy, so the best thing is to just take deep breaths and hope that it will work out. Me staying calm during this time can at least balance the vibe out at home. Meditation and yoga does help.
I would love to encourage everyone, no matter how stressful the day is, to at least take a few minutes here and there throughout the day to sit still, close your eyes, inhale exhale and think about what you are grateful for. We are all in this together. With positive attitudes, staying calm and washing our hands, we will get through this. Be kind and spread love.
