Two Walks, Two Coffees and an old Friend

We had a test-run of remote work earlier this week, but today was the first day of what will be a long couple of weeks of mandatory “social isolation.”

As someone on the more extroverted end of the spectrum, those words are very challenging for me. So here’s what I did before today, did today, and plan to do the next couple weeks to survive.

Reached out to friends and family back home. I reminded myself of the people who matter most to me.
Prioritized collaborative work. My iPad will be my window to the world. Well, to the world of Zoom at least. I’ve used it for remote meetings a few times, but it is going to get a lot of use in the near future.
Took two walking coffee breaks, one in the morning before I really dove into work, and one towards the end of the afternoon when I was starting to loose focus. There were lots of people enjoying a short window of sun and warmth today. It was refreshing.
Started building a list of non-work items to spend time on: books, things I want to learn (Lynda via the library), filling out the Census!
Bought wine and gin.

Done and done. Onto the weekend.