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Remember

… what life was like five years ago when the pandemic started?

In a very short time, our lives changed forever.

Here’s one important lesson I learned from the experience: “A crisis can be very clarifying. When you have emerged from a crisis you learn to cherish what really matters.” Scott Cochrane

While we’ve learned to live with COVID-19 (thanks to advances in medical/pharmaceutical science), we continue to face challenges in our chaotic world.

That brings me to another important lesson I learned during the lockdown: the importance of self-care that’s reinforced in asking these questions:

  1. What am I GRATEFUL for today?
  2. Who am I CHECKING IN ON or CONNECTING WITH today?
  3. What expectations of “normal” am I LETTING GO of today?
  4. How am I GETTING OUTSIDE today?
  5. How am I MOVING MY BODY today?
  6. What BEAUTY am I either creating, cultivating, or inviting in today?

These questions are helpful in reinforcing what matters: caring for one’s self and others who may be struggling these days.

Originally posted online during the pandemic as “Daily Quarantine Questions” (source unknown), the questions are timeless.

[Photo by Anastasiia Krutota on Unsplash]