Lockdown 3.0

How is everyone doing?

We’ve made it to the end of the longest January, well done! If all you’ve done is cope, that’s enough.

I know many people have felt under pressure to ‘achieve’ something during this time, so they feel that the time has not been wasted. It’s so easy to compare ourselves to others on social media who appear to have transformed their homes/bodies/businesses. (I’ve done it myself!). But when my logical brain kicks in I remind myself that everyone’s circumstances/time constraints/finances/mental load are very different. I’ve done my best and nobody can ask more than that (as my hypnosis track says!)

Our negative primitive brains make it easy to dwell on what we can’t do at the moment, which makes us feel worse. So how about changing those ‘can’ts’ to ‘cans’ and thinking about how you can do things differently?

You may not be able to go to the gym right now, but you can join an online class. You can go outdoors and walk/run/exercise. You can’t meet up with your friends, but you can schedule a Zoom meeting, facetime or just an old fashioned phone call. Exercise and interaction with others give us a big boost in feel good chemicals!

Perhaps you can’t work right now but you can take some time to do some marketing/ update your website or learn something new. We don’t always have to be productive, sometimes the best thing you can do is rest; take the nap, have the early night. We know that good quality sleep is vital for our mental health, so for tonight the ironing can wait!