That Lockdown Life
Some ruminations about the goings-on of this past period of life in lockdown... I kicked off the Great Quarantine of 2020 absolutely hypnotized by the unfolding stats. I watched the coronavirus case and death meter go up, up, up. That scared the shit out of me. I began looking at all sources of information regardless of political affiliation. I became kind of a COVID Pac-Man, gobbling up online articles like they were power pellets, clearing board after board with my extensive "research". I was getting drunk on that power. Unlike my video game alter ego, however, I felt significantly more power-less the more information I devoured. Paralysis by analysis, if you will. I started a new daily routine. Fresh off losing my job, I stopped setting my alarm every morning and instead let my body tell me when to wake up. That felt amazing. It was a wonderful development, a shift for the better. I have slowly watched myself spring back to life in various ways, many