3 Weeks in Quarantine: What I’ve learned

Three weeks in and I’m still in shock. I have lost track of what day of the week it is most of the time and the only reason I know I’m on week three is because my mom got diagnosed with lyme disease the day before we went into quarantine and she had to take medicine for three weeks.

This is definitely the strangest time in our lives. Banished from going outside, going to work and seeing friends. The trips to the supermarket that used to be mundane have turned into incredible luxury trips.

I will admit I have my good days and bad days. Days where I work all day, eat healthy and workout. I also have bad days, where I eat nothing but crap, watch movies to cheer me up, nap and cry… a lot.

If you saw in my previous blog post my fiancé and I had to postpone our wedding and he is currently stuck in tokyo and I’m outside of new york city with my parents. This has brought me not only anxiety about the situation we are in but also the fact he’s alone and I can’t do anything to help him or protect him. He will be leaving tokyo soon to go to his parents in the country side but still. I’m also currently not working as all productions have stopped.

These waves of emotions of uncertainty and not knowing what is going to happen next have made my virgo brain freak out! I like a plan and right now I’m winging it! So I’ve learned to be extra gentle on myself, which I normally am not. I feel bad taking a nap in the day or eating a quesadilla four nights in a row. But I’m learning to be gentle on myself and be ok

I’m also learning I love a routine. I know I’m not working but I like to have some kind of a routine I do everyday and I can follow. If I don’t have a routine I’ll just lay in bed and scroll through instagram and tiktok all day and that is not good for my mental health.

I’ve been working hard on learning new things and revisiting things I wish I had more time to work on in the past. I’ve started to put more effort into my blog, youtube and instagram. And now tiktok. I’ve also started to embroider more, and I’m thinking of selling some on etsy but I’m not sure yet. For now it’s something to get me off of a screen and calm.

I also have time to practice and study my Japanese. K and I want to have kids in the future and I’d love for them to be bilingual, and that means I want to know what they’re saying.

I have also learned through all of this that I like to be alone. I wish I had K here but if he were here that would be ideal. I used to be an extrovert but over that last couple years I’ve realized I am an introvert who can be an extrovert when I get around others. Just getting around others can be a hard thing for me.

I love my friends and I miss them but I do love being in my own space and doing my own thing, so I don’t feel like this is too hard for me. I like being able to reconnect with friends I haven’t talked to in a while and staying in touch with friends who are normally very busy and having a community together!

The final thing I’ve learned is that I love to be creative. I love to be inspired by others and create things. I’ve always loved making videos, even though I never posted them anywhere, and I love photography. I’ve learned that I love to come up with and produce a series of photos or videos. I think that’s why I like tiktok, it’s so free and people can be creative and silly and weird.

What have you learned about yourself while in quarantine? Now is a really good time to focus on yourself, learn to be ok being alone and learn about you.