Even though I have worked from home for the last 11 years, my daily/weekly schedule has changed drastically with the rest of the world’s over the last month. I’m deeply missing the hour to myself at the gym every morning and the 20 minutes before and after where I got caught up with friends on my way to and from. Or going out with Chris on the weekends and our girls’ favorite babysitter, Krystal, watching them. I miss seeing family every day.
But this week, we decided to try and shift our focus to the new bright spots in our daily routines. The welcomed changes that have come about amidst this challenging time. We’d love to hear what positive shift in your routine you have uncovered in the comments! Ours are below–
Sleeping in until 7:30, slow mornings, the quiet house. And being able to go to bed later gives my husband and I more time to spend together in the evenings, bingeing shows.
I’m a garden designer, arborist, and professional gardener. Every year, I bemoan that my 10 hour 7 day a week spring schedule means that I completely miss what’s happening in my own garden at the most beautiful time of the year. With my work schedule drastically cut down to only one person no contact jobs now, I’ve actually been able to sit and enjoy watching my garden burst into flower. I spent one day last week just watching the leaves on my fig tree uncurl and it was glorious!
And an added bonus has been our insane horrible Austin traffic has returned to pre-2004 levels. I don’t need to plan out my day around traffic any more!
We live in the heart of the Skagit Valley farmlands and every April over a hundred thousand visitors flock to our small town to see the tulip fields in bloom. My family has been planning and building our new home over the course of several years and had been dreading this Spring coming because we are in the thick of construction and assumed the usual horrible tulip festival traffic would slow everything down. Nope-not this year! Our daily drive has been absolutely breathtaking. Although it makes my heart ache to think of all of our farming families and small businesses that rely on the tourism industry this time of year (mine included) I can’t help but revel in the beauty of these fields of endless color and not a person in sight. It feels like millions of tulips were planted just for us.
Hi Erin – I still want to see the tulips, can I come to your driveway? We live in the most beautiful part of the county and I don’t want to miss the tulips this spring. I was thinking about buying hundreds of flowers and delivering to all my friends and people who aren’t going to see the displays. The tulips are so beautiful, and I want to know more about your house project! PS – I’m over on Fidalgo
We live in Skagit too! We can see the fields from our vantage up on the hill and I love getting to see the color slowly emerge. I know I’ve bought more tulips to plant and in cases this year. Gotta keep those farmers going!
I am a homebody through and through! Though I still travel to work daily I am soaking in the weekends. I love getting takeout on a Saturday night and staying in with my husband and pup! We are also loving our nightly walks (weather permitting) as spring slowly descends upon us!
I live in SoCal, the lack of traffic has brought back travel times that I haven’t seen since my youth( I’m 5 f-ing 8) last Friday I travelled the 91 freeway, the infamous freeway known as the #1 worst in the nation ???? what usually takes 2 hours, I sailed thru in 45 minutes Delirious ????
Kisses ???? to all this lovely Easter/Passover and soon Ramadan ????????????