This is going to be my little quarantine diary thread

I'm currently in Netherlands, isolating alone in my home, can't go back to my country. I've just finished 3 months in my PhD, my institute/lab is closed and now I'm working from home (at least trying!)

It is the start of my 3rd week in #quarantine/ #workingfromhome and at first I thought it may get easier and I'll get used to it but that's not the case First week was great, I planned my days and I was as productive as possible.

That weekend, I got the sad news about my grandma passing away (not corona related). So the second week did not start very well, couldn't focus to do anything almost all week. I tried to follow some online courses in the meantime.

Now this is the 3rd Monday and I really struggled to start working. Not sure if it is just the Monday syndrome or I don't want to work? I'll try to plan my days again now, we'll see if it's gonna work or not

I guess the main point is to understand and accept that it is not very easy to be far away from home/family in these times, not easy to always be productive and efficient when working from home. I feel everyone who's going through all kinds of feelings now.

In btw all of those feelings, everyday I feel so lucky to have supportive PI & labmates! We have video lunch meetings time to time and I feel like it really helps to stay positive&motivated
Also I'm so grateful to have my family and friends just a phone/Facetime call away

I'll try to update this thread daily/weekly, may be that'll help me to stay motivated too! So everyone please #StayAtHome #StaySafe #FlattenTheCurve

#WorkingFromHomeLife #phdpandemic #phdlife #AcademicTwitter #sciencetwitter

Looks like I'm terrible at updating this thread. On the bright side, I finally had a very productive week! I feel so happy now. If you're struggling like me I know how it feels, don't worry, don't overthink you can do this!