Never in my pre-Covid days did I imagine that the world would slow down as much as it did... almost to a halt. Shops and businesses that I never thought would ever close, did {I'm looking at you McDonald's!}, free spaces like playgrounds, museums and even beaches were banned, and traffic around Singapore was so good that we could even reach town within 10 minutes on weekday peak hour periods.
Yes, a lot of freedom and privileges that we were all used to were suddenly withdrawn but I'm taking it all in with a giant stride though and am giving thanks daily that we're still able to live rather comfortably with stable jobs, enough food and a roof over our head when many others are doing much worst and losing a lot more.
In response to the growing number of new cases, Singapore announced on Fri 3 Apr 2020 a stringent set of preventive measures collectively called a "circuit breaker", to be applied from Tue 7 Apr to Mon 4 May.
The circuit breaker was extended another month to Mon 1 Jun on 21 Apr following continued untraced transmission within the community.
At the beginning of the circuit breaker, I had high hopes of doing a lot more at home.
It was the first time in over a decade since I started working in Singapore that I had so much time at home, and I really wanted to make the best of it.
I had grand plans to clean and declutter our home, study {haha!} and play more with Lil Pumpkin, eat healthier, cook more, read more, write more and definitely get more exercise in. Basically being more productive at home than I've ever been, and not just be in "survival" mode doing the basic stuff that I usually do as a full-time working mum.
A few weeks in, I had some sort of mini panic attack and I felt anxious. Partly maybe because I wasn't used to being "cooped up" at home for so long, but also mostly because I couldn't get our daily schedule down to a pat. When I looked back, I felt that we had done "so little".
Once the circuit breaker finished, I expected life to go back to normal somewhat with me heading back to work daily and feeling time-challenged as usual... Did I just waste the precious home time given to us that I may never have again once the pandemic is over!??? Oh crap....
I took a step back and decided to take a slower pace to our already slow-down lives. Not have so much expectations of what I want to achieve during this time at home, and to take things as they come.
Slowly, a natural daily schedule presented itself and I went with the flow of how things came. If I didn't finish the work I had planned with Lil Pumpkin for the day, that's ok and we could do it another time. If I didn't complete my chores for the day. that's ok as I could do it at night. If I didn't feel like training on Saturday, that's ok I could do it on Sunday.
Little concessions to not be so hard on myself and just really enjoy our new pace of life, instead of making it as busy as it usually is, but at home (｡^‿^｡)
As I get older, my memory does fail me and I do love looking back at old posts and pictures to see how far we've come, and especially to see how big my dear Lil Pumpkin has grown (♥Ο♥*)
Can you believe that she's already 11 and next year she'll be taking her PSLE??!! Yikes!!!
As I update more regularly on Instagram and Facebook nowadays, please follow me there if you'd like too.
P.P.S. Sooooooo glad I gave my hair a good chop before circuit breaker started and all the hair salons were closed!!! The short bob makes it really easy to manage and keep cool. Love love love!
No comments:
Post a Comment