Last Week We Had The Talk

The other day my husband and I had a pretty serious discussion. It wasn’t about our relationship, or finances (directly), or any of the usual suspects.

In fact, we were talking about my upcoming hospital rotation. Mr. PiN asked me directly: did I want to back out of going to work? Did I want to quit my job?

In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, the question isn’t all that crazy.

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One Hard Thing Each Day

I have been very anxious about the situation with COVID-19, and also Mr. PiN has some (badly timed) health issues, which have me worried too.

Last Wednesday, I read some advice: when feeling overwhelmed and uprooted, pick just one thing to do. This way you have a goal each day, and a good chance at accomplishing it.

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Future Me, COVID-19 Follow Up

I started this series of posts at the end of October 2018. I had just cut back my hours from full time to 90%, and wanted to use my new free time wisely. Some of that time was to relax, but I also wanted to improve my fitness, make my home a more pleasant place to stay, and work on becoming a more well-rounded human being.

My last update was in January of this year, with a few wins, and a bunch of misses. I set new goals, many of which are not going to be possible to hit given the new recommendations around social distancing (#flattenthecurve).

I had planned to follow up at the end of May, but I would like to review my progress so far, and offer some course correction to my goals for the next few months.

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