March 2021 Checkin

As I mentioned in my February 2021 Checkin, my March started off rough.  Someone at my work ended up having close contact with a confirmed case of Covid-19, so the building was closed and we all started working from home. I was so stressed out because my immediate reaction was "what if I die from having gone to work????" even though I knew that realistically, my chances of getting Covid from work were very, very slim (we have really good physical distancing and cleaning practices in place).  But I had a really hard time getting my questions answered about what happens from here and what that means for us who are now working from home (am I supposed to self isolate? What about appointments and stuff that I've booked?), which added to the stress all the more.  All of this stress was made worse because now I wasn't walking to work like I normally do; I lost my easy activity and a big stress reliever in one fell swoop.

Once again, thank goodness for Karin Dimitrova's Reset program!  While my stress was still through the roof, the program helped me claw some sort of control back, and gave me some tools that helped (even if just during the time I was trying them out).  One journal prompt that really helped was the first day's "What brought you joy over the last 24 hours?"  As I mentioned in the checkin last month, February 28th was a super bad day, but looking back over it for the good that happened too really helped me; I'll have to remember this for other bad days!

While my stress hasn't been great, I still managed to meet my exercise goal every week this month!  I'm especially proud of being active for 150 minutes on the two weeks that I worked from home (which has always been a struggle before because I lose my easy 30 minutes a day walking to and from work).

One thing that I did a lot of this month was cook new recipes, thanks to Chef's Plate.  A friend and I ordered the same recipes a few times in March so we could cook together over a video chat, which was super fun!  I made 7 new recipes over the month, which is fantastic. :)

I did decide to take a break from Chef's Plate for a bit though.  I wanted to go back and do my own thing for awhile; I missed some of my favourite go-to meals.  I'll just have to remember to go and find something new to make in the middle of all my favourites!