One of the gifts this quarantine has given me is the opportunity to see just how much of what I used to do was filler & totally unnecessary. I was just really flattered to be asked most of the time. I guess I mistakenly took being busy for being successful. They are not the same.

I’ve loved the opportunity to spend more time with my family, to be there with littlehands, even on the hard days when we are both so irritable we want to tear each others hair out. I am reminded that my place is with her, or cooking, or helping others who need it.

⁣And when we do go back to “normal life,” I plan to use my time much more wisely. And leave some room for stillness and daydreaming. Because that’s where creativity comes from. Not meetings or appts or zoom calls.