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I\u2019ve been in quarantine since I saw my primary care physician on March 10. Due to my asthma I\u2019m considered to be high risk should I contract coronavirus. So I\u2019ve been staying home save for rare trips to the grocery store and pharmacy; perfectly content staying in my own little world for as long as it takes to flatten the curve and keep people safe. Still, it\u2019s no vacation. Though I\u2019ve not felt panicked, I have felt overwhelmed at times in these last three weeks. I miss my mother\u2019s hugs and my friends\u2019 laughing faces. It\u2019s hard channeling this weird kind of anxious energy into something else especially into something \u201ccreative\u201d. So I\u2019m not really asking that of myself right now. For the moment,I think it\u2019s okay to just be and process what\u2019s happening.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know I\u2019m lucky that I can give myself the time and space to do that. Granted, I can\u2019t predict the future no matter how definite it seems, but my day job is pretty recession proof and so I\u2019m not worried about being able to keep the bills paid during this quarantine even if it goes on indefinitely. I recognize that I have this privilege when I consider others who don\u2019t know what life will look like next week or even tomorrow because they\u2019ve lost their jobs or are in a precarious situation because of COVID-19, job or no job. In that sense I have a great deal of wealth even though by all other metrics I\u2019m just scraping by. So I\u2019m grateful and adamant to do my part to stop the spread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even with everything that\u2019s happening, I\u2019ll eventually still want to \u201cmake and do\u201d\u00a0 as best I can because I\u2019m afraid if I don\u2019t, in the long run, I\u2019ll have a harder time coping with this life change. So I\u2019ve been going through my stash of fabrics and other materials to see what projects I can accomplish right now with what I have. I\u2019ve put building my garden on hold indefinitely and some of the projects I\u2019ve planned for the house have to take a backseat too. That leaves me with some smaller sewing projects and things like drawing and writing. Over the coming days I\u2019ll share with you what I\u2019ve come up with though I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll have to abandon my 2020 creative goals<\/a> completely. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When I restarted this blog I made a promise to myself to keep posting until I hit a stride no matter what the obstacle may be. This pandemic and the world\u2019s response (or lack thereof) certainly qualifies as an obstacle. I guess what makes it a tiny bit easier to not be so hard on myself about what I\u2019m capable of achieving right now is that this set back is something everyone is going through. We\u2019re all in the same boat trying to survive. My sincerest wish and hope for you, dear reader, is that you try your hardest to stay safe and that in whatever way possible you try to keep in regular contact with your loved ones. I also hope that you aren\u2019t hard on yourself for not \u201cdoing\u201d or looking for ways to be productive if that\u2019s just not what you have the capacity for at the moment. We are in uncharted waters and still trying to find our way (to stretch this boat metaphor out as far as possible) so give yourself time to adjust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ll see you soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truly,
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Claire

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