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Road blocks or workarounds?

Hi y'all,

The world has gone bonkers and in total state of panic for a very serious virus, one we should be cautious off and definately not joke about and I can't write this week's piece without at least aknowledging the sheer fact that COVID19 will claim lives and that all of us need to act like responsible adults of the human kind.

That being said I do mean responsible adults. You know...the kind that calms the kids down and let worry for the future not be their burden, the kind that stays calm when everyone around them starts screaming, the kind that looks for a way out in a way befitting a grown example of the mere species we call human. What we ought to do is calm down. If this is the emergency we fear so desperately than the only thing that can actually help save your life and those of your loved ones is STA which stands for Stop Think Act.



Panic never saved anyone and panic is what contributes if not creates the self fullfilling prophecy of an apocalypse. We all watch too many end-of-the-world shows and the way we totally ramsack our supermarkets now is devostating on many more levels than the mere empty shelfs. So ask yourself: are you trying to survive? Watch Bear Grylls in stead of the walking dead. Make sure you are fit enough and remain calm. Breath. Be vigilant, not panicy and remember whatever your response will be it is what you'll transfer to those around you.

So how do you go through this? Look I am not a guru here but in my humble opinion you can either get depressed and feel bereft of a live you could have, of things that you now can not use because someone else has taken them before you could OR you can look at all the impossibilities and try to see the possibilities.

So your gym is closed? Well how about their online classes? Take a towel, drop it on the floor and work your way through an online class. Trust me they can be just as daunting. Are you not allowed to leave your property to get your high impact runs/work-outs in and you don't own a treadmill? How about using a laundry line as jumprope to get that heart pumping? If you are allowed to go outside than use your normal morning commuter time to get a work-out in like a bike ride, a walk or a run.

The upcoming two weeks I am not allowed to work from the office. Since I work in a somewhat international setting with many of my collegues travelling the world to help people in places forgotten by the rest of the world, I am not allowed into the office. So I have to work from home. I am one of the lucky ones that actually has a study with an amazing desk and two well designed chairs, all of the lines needed to connect with my collegues all over the world if need be and I live in a quiet town. Yes that makes me one of the fortunate ones. However even I need to STA and decide what to do and so during my run today I realized the easiest thing to do is let go of your daily routines and that is what makes this entire situation more difficult so....in order to stick to my routines and feel like I'm doing everything I can to keep the workload going and contribute the best way I can I have come up with this:

1. Get up on my usual commuter time
2. use morning commuter time to work-out
3. Make work-roster with tasks and breaks in it
4. stick to roster
5. use evening commuter time to end every day with online yoga class.

This is my plan and trust me...I am not looking forward to the idea of our government maybe going as far as to not allow anyone outside anymore but I will not be pushed into fear by social media updates, supermarket shopping cart wars and non-thought-off food supply buyers. I am actively chosing to keep my wits about and if anything I will now start bingewatching Bear Grylls.

That's it for now. Be the spark that lights a fire
Until we read again, as always
Love Marlies

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