This is my first post in our new reality. One in which I get to my local grocery store at 7:10am on a Sunday, and find that I am not even close to the first person there. A reality in which gas at $1.89 causes anxiety and feels like an ominous sign of these new times.

Tomorrow will be my 7th day of working remotely. The second Kid Week since life reduced itself to the 1000 square feet around me. Unlike some, I have been slow to declare my grand plans for self-improvement during this time of forced isolation. Tomorrow, I will focus on tomorrow. That’s about it for now.

But if I had to say what I hope to fill my time with I’d say reading. Cooking. Practicing piano. And guitar. And ukulele. And Garageband. Writing. Cleaning up the yard. Developing online lessons.

Having had a few months, and the onset of a global pandemic, to really think and reflect, it occurs to me that I need to revisit my previously stated Declarations for 2020. Positivity is feeling like a tall ask these days. I need to figure out what Generosity looks like, though I hold out hope for this one. Discipline- whoo, what a time to be working on this one. Let me add another- a fourth aspiration. Focus. It has become evident that without an imposed structure to my day, I need to learn how to focus.

More to come. This post, by the way, brought to you by my wonderful friend, mompoethiker. She’s got a cool blog here, too, Check her out of you’ve got some time. And I know you do.