CORONA Information Exhaustion HIT HARD Today
This and the insides of my eyelids all day
Well, it happened to me.
And do we even call it Corona anymore?
And does anyone even remember it is also a beer?
A delicious beer served with a lime in the neck.
For the past months, I have been enjoying a slower pace and without children in the house, and enough space to house the two of us working, as my hubby now works from home, I had been enjoying early mornings, good night’s sleep, online coaching sessions and increased chats with my family and A-team, both in UK and Japan. And NO EVENTS. I haven’t been to Tokyo in weeks. Or on public transport. I’ve been loving the slower pace and the lowered expectations.
I have been talking with my beloved clients about how our expectations of ourselves might need to be reduced somewhat as this pandemic is constantly running in our subconscious as day in day out new information comes in, new worries arise, new data is released, people we know start being affected, parents hit breaking point, and you just get fed up of the change of lifestyle.
One of my clients and I identified this as like having an inefficient APP running in the background ALL THE TIME sucking away half your energy, unseen. We named this APP the wt FIGO APP.
WHAT THE F#%K IS GOING ON APP
Just running, in the background at all times, humming away, taking half our energy by stealth. And while we may feel OK, and be wondering why we haven’t completed our book , cleaned all the cupboards, got our social media schedule out for the year, watched all the webinars, Master classes and incredible Netflix shows and films, with all this extra time on our hands, we are also hitting bed at 8:30pm, running out of steam after half a day’s work and having nervous breakdowns because there are people in our house 24/7.
All we can do is watch Tiger King or Trash on Youtube (If you ever want to know about the inbreeding in the Global Royal families of the past 3,000 years, or the LGBTQA Kings and Queens of - well anywhere really - don’t hesitate to ask because THAT was the Youtube Wormhole I fell into today).
After a 2.5 hour group coaching call with my clients this morning (it’s usually 90 mins max) I went to get my mid-morning cuppa and BOOM I was OUT.
An open afternoon looked like a delicious open creative treat. Instead I got super cold, watched so many interviews with the Tiger King Cast (WHY THOUGH?) finally crawled into bed about 2 to be awoken, roasting, by the chimes at 5 and when I say I was exhausted, I mean every single cell of my body was dragging me to one place only. I gave into it - the sexy word would be that I surrendered to it, put the heated electric blanket on to warm me up and let myself sleep - taking every piece of advice I ever gave my clients about this.
Then I decided to eat dinner early so I could crawl into bed early for a nice long sleep and trust that tomorrow I can wake with my usual energy.
A second wind kicked in about 7 but it’s limited - I’m slumped in a chair writing this missive rather than taking advantage of my electronic uppy downy desk that allows me to stand. Standing is NOT an option today.
The wind is whipping up outside and the rain continues - a perfect day to go low energy and cocoon.
These days will come out of nowhere. Give yourself expectations that are realistic and humble.
Fill your world with as much beauty and humour as possible to just rejuvenate and refill even just a bit.
Remember the wt FIGO APP is humming away in the background.
And please accept so much love from me.
If you enjoyed this post, you might like this one about my memories of childhood isolation.
