With everything pretty much being shut down for the past several months, my daily routine and schedule have taken a serious hit. While I didn’t necessarily love my schedule before, it kept me busy but allowed for a decent amount of free time. I had an idea of what to expect day to day and it allowed me to plan. And in some ways, I have been lucky compared to some of my friends. Many people went from having fully scheduled days to having nothing happening at all. I had a bit of a step down from my schedule, but it was still a shock to me.
The one thing that I have going for me right now is that 6 out of the 7 days of the week I do have something to do. It’s usually not much, but it’s better than nothing. 3 days a week I work for an hour. 4 days a week I have a workout at home. Only one of those days has both things. So I usually have either work or a workout and I do both of those in the morning. It helps to have it in the morning because it prevents me from sleeping in. I’m still struggling a bit with my sleep schedule, but I am getting better and at least my wakeup time hasn’t been affected much.
I am grateful to have that one hour a day that is scheduled. It does create a bit of a sense of routine and normalcy in my life when so much is not normal. I wish I had more of a schedule and routine, but I just haven’t been able to figure out what to add. I know that my moods aren’t necessarily stable right now so I don’t want to force myself to do something if I’m not feeling up for it. But it does mean that there are a lot of days that I haven’t really done much.
I have learned not to judge my productivity based on what I used to do, but it’s not easy to always remember that. I also try to remind myself that sometimes it is ok if I waste a day or two. If I need a lazy day before getting back to doing more, that’s ok. Being gentle with myself is a constant struggle and being in the middle of a global pandemic hasn’t made that easier on me.
I guess I’m also in a bit of a writer’s block moment too because I don’t know what else to write. I’d love to hear if any of you have had the same struggle with trying to create a schedule and what has or hasn’t worked. I have no clue when things will change for me (or for anyone), so I need to figure out how to maximize this time as much as possible.
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