Ep. 149 "The Quarantine Chronicles" Vol.1

Observations around Bellingham since Covid

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* “Nobody on the road, nobody on the beach...I feel it in the air, people are out of reach. Empty stores, empty streets, the sun goes down alone....”
* More people are waving hi and smiling - from a safe distance
* Less complaining while waiting in grocery store lines. More acceptance of the situation?


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* Home improvement stores are bustling
* so many people out walking
* So much more social media- if thats you- just use it for good yo!
* Store shelves can look bleak at times- remember your neighbors as you shop yo! Some family's have allergies

Things we are doing to get work done

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* Dressing for the workday like I’m still heading into the office.
* Closing the door to my new office in the guest room to limit family distractions. I’m in work mode. DND.
* Fighting my lizard brain: “I’m going to give eight hours of 100%” Not expecting to accomplish superhuman results. Taking a chunk of work and hitting it hard.

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* What Chris said. +forming a normal routine to this abnormal time (morning coffee and the commute just look a little different in the home)
* Standing. Sitting. Moving. Not JUST sitting on a couch
* Block out time for email- as opposed to dealing with the continuous trickle
* Sharing content as much as possible

Things we are doing to prevent going bonkers

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* Permission granted: 5-minute chat with my wife outside my guest room office, a 10-minute video break downstairs in the family room TV, lunchtime dog walks out of the house. *We don’t need to be chained to our desk for eight consecutive hours.*
* After work I watch a few 80s-era MTV music videos on YouTube to make me smile and think back to my days of youth. A simpler time.
* Think of three things that I will do once we’re allowed to head back into society, e.g. Hana Teriyaki lunch at the Tom Glenn Common at the Bellwether, spending an hour at Caffe Adagio with my notebook and device, strolling around the B’ham Farmers Market
* Check one national news site and one local news site once in the morning and once after work. So many directives, proclamations, and orders flying around, it’s important to know what’s going on. In moderation.

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* Even more creative with cooking; and discovery of Bham’s own Hosa hot sauce https://hosasauce.com/
* Yard work
* Cartoons with kiddo

History of the word: Quarantine
https://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/historyquarantine.html

VIDEO - We got this, America

https://youtu.be/LhwLYMHyRNU

VIDEO - AJ’s transparency pool of working from home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU_ADAzGH9o&feature=youtu.be