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Does anyone else (in the UK) feel like they’ve had to do a hard reboot since the prime minister said there could be another six months of lockdown?
Like, I’m personally in a pretty good position, especially compared to a lot of people. I’m safe and healthy, I’ve still got (some) work, I have good friends and outdoor spaces nearby. But I’ve been struggling recently.
I put in a lot of work back in March to prepare myself for the long haul, setting myself a schedule to structure my days, making sure I always had homemade cake available, walking my friends’ dog to get outside, even starting daily exercise (which is VERY unlike me).
Some of those things slipped as I got used to the new normal. I skipped exercise when I didn’t feel like doing it, I did some work outside of my assigned work hours/days. But, other than world events basically cutting my available energy in half, I was feeling okay.
But the idea of six more months hit me really hard? I know some things have reopened, but I still can’t really see people outside of Leam, and some really cool work I was offered back in March – presenting live radio, hosting some in-person events – is postponed indefinitely...
And maybe in winter it’ll feel more appropriate to be holed up in my house, or maybe the cold and dark will just exacerbate this weird restricted life. But I’ve fallen into a bit of a slump and I feel like I’m having to summon the energy to prepare myself all over again.
This is going to sound like a bit, but: we’ve revived the sourdough starter. I’ve started up the daily exercise again and baked a big batch of trail mix cookies. And in the past few days I’ve reached out to like five different friends for some good long chats.
And there’s so much going on that I can’t talk about on Twitter! And social media isn’t exactly helping me summon that energy I need to look after myself and the people I care about. So yeah, I should probably factor “look at Twitter less” into my plan.
I& #39;m gonna take a couple of days off and see if that helps with the immediate feeling. But if anyone has been feeling the same, I& #39;d love to hear about your plans to get through the next six months. 
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