Yo what’s up, I know, I know… What the hell am I going to rabble on about this week, well I want to talk about the pandemic and the lockdowns that come with it.

So, I live in Sydney Australia and currently we are about 10 weeks into a statewide lockdown due to the Delta strain running wild. Now I’m not gonna bore you with all the details, because I am sure you can guess how it came about. But what I do want to talk about is what this pandemic can actually offer you.

Depending on where you live you might be in a lockdown too or at least facing some sort of restrictions on your movement, and I want you to think about how you use your time. Man, I ask that of you a lot in these posts don’t I? But dang, it’s a sure fire way to improve your life, being aware. Go figure.

This pandemic has cost people their job and added a hella amount of stress and worry but what I have realised being locked down for the first time (My state has avoided much of the COVID drama due to the fact that Australia is an island at the bottom of the globe, talk about luck of the draw), is that dang, it opens up so much extra time in my life.

Now I know people might say, “well you don’t have kids so you don’t have to manage those terrors at home” and that is true, but you being locked down or not doesn’t change the fact that if you have kids you have to manage major parts of their lives regardless. But now at least you aren’t having to waste your time in traffic, or in pointless meetings; well you probably still have to do pointless zoom meetings, but as least you can put yourself on mute and turn the camera off so that you can do things around the house at the same time. Put the dead air time of the day into good use.

Go forth and use the power of pandemic time to pick up a new skill, habit or talent. The one I chose was a new technique for my mindfulness routine in relation to managing my emotions and feelings (I will post a video in a couple weeks about it because I really like it and want to share it with you). I don’t know what your activity will be, only you can answer that (if you’re really struggling go back through my posts and find something to pick up), but make the most of this strange time to give yourself a gift which you will treasure post-pandemic. You deserve it.

You are all wonderful people, my Hedites.