#AtoZChallenge – Pandemic Journal: Joie de Vivre
It’s fitting that I am writing this entry at Easter, so I’m going to the things that have brought me joy during the outbreak in Beijing.
#AtoZChallenge – Pandemic Journal: iPhone Notes
The Notes app on my iPhone became a companion in those dark days of self-isolation. Writing down those thoughts saved my sanity and helped me recover.
#AtoZChallenge – Pandemic Journal: Haircut
Took me 78 days to regain my dapper looks. Getting a haircut is one of the health services you will look forward to after the self-isolation period is over.
#AtoZChallenge – Pandemic Journal: Grocery Run
If there is a notable situation in my recent grocery runs, it is not panic buying nor a shortage of toilet paper, but a steep increase in prices.
#AtoZChallenge – Pandemic Journal: Facebook Fatigue
Sickened by Facebook articles that purport to be news items? Stay away from social media if you seek level-headedness and resolve in this time of crisis.
#AtoZChallenge – Pandemic Journal: Exercising Emotional Competence During the Outbreak
In navigating the wavering and woeful world wide web of today, you have to utilize the digital-era skill and strength that is emotional competence.
#AtoZChallenge – Pandemic Journal: Diet and Drills
This entry is hearty and healthy: the two activities that have made me sane during my self-isolation — eating good and maintaining an exercise routine.
#AtoZChallenge – Pandemic Journal: Chinese Class in Self-Isolation
I’d like to know more about the buzzwords Chinese millennials use, or even just be aware of those phrases because, hey, I belong to that generation!
#AtoZChallenge – Pandemic Journal: Binging Was Fine, Until It Wasn’t
It was fine as I needed a diversion to the distressing news (and fake news) coming into my devices. But later, it was not fine anymore.
#AtoZChallenge – Pandemic Journal: The Anxiety Creature
Who wouldn’t be anxious now? We want answers. We demand logic. We fear the unknown. We do not want to stay in the dark – together with the Anxiety creature.