Scattered
I don’t know about you, but I have the attention span of a gnat right now.
I feel like this shouldn’t really be affecting me. I work from home anyway, as does my spouse, and we don’t have kids. I am queen of staying home under normal circumstances. But somehow…somehow this just feels really fraught. I can’t concentrate, I can’t settle in to work, I find myself just sort of bouncing around like a pinball.
So I’m swatching. Because I need to keep my hands busy, and maybe it will help. I hope you’re finding something that helps you too.
And if you’re beating yourself up because you’re not being as productive as you’d like? Try and stop. Things are scary. It’s ok to feel a bit adrift. Be kind to yourself and others, and take some time to make plans or have big feelings or whatever else it is that helps you feel a little better.
I am so glad to hear that someone else is having a terrible time concentrating. I work from home normally so not much has changed in my routine other than I am much more judicious about making little runs into town. But heck if I can stay focused long enough to get any of my regular work done. I’ve cut off news except for two sources that I feel like aren’t adding to hysteria but even then I feel like I can pay attention for about 30 seconds at best. It is reassuring to hear that I am not the only one.
Thank you for acknowledging this. The big unknown questions of what the world will look like post-Covid has me reeling internally, even though I probably look ok from the outside. These are scary times and no one knows where we will land. Sending❤️ To you Hunter. Thank you for distracting me.