I just completed my sixth week of this “new normal” — otherwise known as “living at home as much as you can” — and am here to provide some of my top tips for navigating the next few weeks (or months?) of your life. This will be tough, but it does get better, I promise.
Working from home can be great. I enjoy the morning conferences that involve spraying in dry shampoo, putting on a sweater, but staying in my pajama bottoms. I didn’t put on makeup for weeks. I completed chores I’d put off for months. I started a new hobby of bread-making.
But spending so much time alone, especially with constant news updates and a climate of fear, makes me anxious. I stayed up all night wondering what the future looks like: When will I go back to work? When can I go home to America? Will I get sick? Will anyone I know get sick? Am I taking this too seriously? Am I not taking it seriously enough?