Quarantine Daily Routine

Hopefully you're following instructions by social isolating during this pandemic (unless you have an essential job. No judgement here). Whether you're working from home or have been instructed to just stay home, the days may seem to drag. Well, a little structure may be able to help with that. Feel free to modify this schedule to your liking. Here, I have a daily routine that will help the days go by more smoothly.

Wake Up: 7:00am

Make Bed

Stretch

Take Vitamins

Drink 16oz of Water

Shower

Listen to a Ted Talk, Podcast, Inspirational Speech, or Sermon while you make a healthy, hardy, breakfast.

Stop Being Xenophobic. You Don't Even Wash Your Hands.

The amount of xenophobia I've witnessed amid the coronavirus "outbreak" has been disheartening yet comes as no surprise to me. I just watched a video that a young Asian woman posted of this kind of ignorance she recently experienced on the subway. As soon as she took a seat on the train, the lady across from her hysterically covered her face with the paisley scarf she was wearing around her neck. Not only was the video disgusting, the comments justifying her actions were completely grotesque. "She was just taking sanitary precautions" commented a lady whose profile picture is her kissing her dog. 

Toxic People Go Wherever They Are Accepted

I saw a tweet that greatly articulated some of the points I was trying to make with one of my earlier posts.

"You Don’t Attract Broken People Because You Have a Healing Spirit. You’re Just Accessible."

The Detriment of Obsessing Over Marriage

I would be lying to you if I told you that coming home to your best friend and living every facet of life with them by your side isn't one of the most beautiful things ever. I would definitely be lying to you if I told you that I did not want to experience that beauty one day. However, the more obsessed I became over it, the more the dark side of that desire began to appear. Here are some of the things I've noticed that I've done out of obsession over that dream.

I Walked Down The Aisle In My Head Too Early

I used to be that girl who said: "I date to marry". I didn't date to learn, to experience, to find out what I did and did not like. I was dating to marry because I thought I was on a time-schedule (be careful with thinking that you need to achieve everything by 30). Every time I met someone I liked, I would silently imagine what our lives would be like together. I even wondered what our kids would look like. Oh, and let the first few dates go really well. I would cut off every other guy I was talking to because subconsciously, I felt like I was completely off of the market. He was probably my husband! You may not see anything wrong with that because you hear about people meeting their husband at "first sight". You also hear about two people meeting for a reason. I had to realize that I DID meet people for a reason. That reason just wasn't always marriage. Not every guy I date is potentially my husband. They are just lessons on my way to meeting him.