Turns out, I wasn’t lying to myself. My go-to excuses in life are that I’m too tired or I don’t have the time.
With the stay at home orders, I have more time on my hands. My work day is kind of scattered, I never know when things will pop up. So that leaves some scattered free time and then weekends with absolutely nothing to do.
I used to come home from work every day at 5:00 PM and say I’m too tired to go to the gym. Too tired to cook.
I used to start projects and leave them unfinished. Books would be opened and then never reopened, if only I had more time.
I’m kind of proud of myself for taking advantage of this weird time where I have opportunities to better myself. I could have easily decided to sleep more, eat more, and be lazy. An old version of me definitely would have done that and wouldn’t benefited from it at all. I keep telling myself when this is all over, I won’t have time and I will be tired again so to try to take advantage of what I have now for the time being.
I know that my life right now is a special case, we have essential workers out there risking their health for us who absolutely have no free time and are exhausted. I hope for their sake, when this is all over, they can take a mental health day. I really feel for them.
One thing I’ve been focusing on is controlling the controllable. I can only make the best of my own situation, and for now I have more time.
Rosie Culture 
Very good post!
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Thank you 🙂
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Lucky are those who knows how to spend their time properly in a productive way…. I am not one of those….😝
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Hahah if I didn’t I would seriously go nuts!
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Best of luck….
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I started writing a list of 5 things that I must do in order to win the day. If I don’t accomplish these 5 things, then I do not win the day (even if I accomplished 4/5 things). I make sure to include things that are good for me but I don’t feel like doing. Prior to trying this method, I was extremely unproductive and depression started resurfacing. I am able to stay afloat with a productivity list…. for now. 😂
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I like that idea! Even when I’m doing all these things, I don’t actually feel accomplished. It would be nice to have a list and feel good about completing it.
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This right here ^ was my biggest problem before I started habit tracking. Often, I felt unaccomplished if I didn’t keep track of things, and then depression would set in. Now, daily lists keep me busy but not to the point where I feel completely overwhelmed. 🤗
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Now that I have “more time,” I’ve been trying to implement other things into my new daily routine through all of this. I felt like I didn’t have any time either. I work the graveyard shift, so that alone throws a wrench into a lot of things because you always feel tired. It’s been a breath of fresh air to get to do more things and still be able to do my job while at home.
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That’s great!! Do you still have to work the graveyard shift while working from home?
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Yes, but it’s a different feeling. I’ve been working that shift for the past 5 1/2 years! But I’m ready to become a “normal” person again.
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I am finding my days are expanding to include lots of those little projects I’ve put off for so long, and a couple of bigs ones too! Nice post.
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It seems we’re all stumbling around trying to figure this out. The best part of it all is that we’re not alone. It’s nice to have company.
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