Also, Anne Helen Petersen touched on a similar topic today in her newsletter:
"I don’t know what our grieving process will look like as we emerge from this pandemic, but I do know that it will require patience and grace with yourself and others. Not in the 'forgive your anti-masking co-worker' sort of way — more in the 'I still can’t concentrate, what’s wrong with me' or 'why did I just bail on this party I really wanted to go to' or 'I am so angry at this random person in the grocery store' sort of way."
Being around dogs has been really great! Also resuming walking 10k steps a day basically addressed the irritability issue and I feel pretty good now :) Definitely need like a daily reminder to have patience and grace with myself and others still though. Thanks for the link!
I think a dog is helpful for any depression!
Also, Anne Helen Petersen touched on a similar topic today in her newsletter:
"I don’t know what our grieving process will look like as we emerge from this pandemic, but I do know that it will require patience and grace with yourself and others. Not in the 'forgive your anti-masking co-worker' sort of way — more in the 'I still can’t concentrate, what’s wrong with me' or 'why did I just bail on this party I really wanted to go to' or 'I am so angry at this random person in the grocery store' sort of way."
https://annehelen.substack.com/p/no-im-not-ready
Being around dogs has been really great! Also resuming walking 10k steps a day basically addressed the irritability issue and I feel pretty good now :) Definitely need like a daily reminder to have patience and grace with myself and others still though. Thanks for the link!
I’ve been listening the the Daily Stoic podcast every morning. Helps to reframe my thinking before i start my day!
Thanks for the tip, Michael -- I'll check it out!