'This too shall pass, and we will all be okay. In the meantime, we can try to be okay now, too.' A doctor mom's advice on creating motivation while being stuck at home:
Some days, it’s hard to be motivated – even during ‘normal’ times. We all have days that we feel productive and ready to go and other days when it's only Tuesday and you are dragging to get through the rest of the week. As we shelter in place to stop the spread of, many of us are home and in situations where it may be tough to get through the day.
I have twin teens that have been doing online school for a few hours a day but then most of the rest of the day is free. I need to get my own work done, so it’s been a struggle to make sure they take a break from their devices, come down to eat their meals, and frankly to just clean up after themselves. This is between work meetings and getting projects done online. Every day there are battles. There have been mornings, I confess, when I am not very motivated to do any of it.
One last thing: Let it go. If you have a ‘blah’ day, so what? Letting go of expectations is just as important as any of these other things we do. These are unprecedented times, and none of this is easy. Today, I let my kids just be. They slept till noon, wandered down the stairs sleepy and in pajamas and had sugary cereal for breakfast/lunch. Sometimes you just have to let them be. Tomorrow I will put a little structure in place for all of us and aim for a different type of day. But today, we can just let it go.WebMD Blog
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