Flipping the script and other strategies for getting through the pandemic in winter
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The other day a journalist I know, Jack Sommers, posted a plan of action on Twitter for getting through lockdown as someone who lives alone. His list includes “Run 3 times a week, the single best way to lift my mood” and “shower 1st thing, no more days in PJs”. I decided I would do my own one. Since then another former colleague has written an article about how she is approaching this period of time and looking after herself while another friend wrote a newsletter about staying sane. The Guardian have also done a good article about coping with the winter lockdown. The topic has also come up a few times on the Facebook group so I have decided to devote this newsletter to the subject as well. I had planned to talk about my new year goals but they are kind of the same to be honest.
Here in the UK, coronavirus is rampant again and the news each day is pretty bad. Most of the country is in lockdown and I know many European countries are facing similar restrictions and would hazard a guess …
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