While I’m no fan of the president who I’ve taken to calling Mr. Toupee over the years I’m impressed with one thing he said in a speech concerning life in the time of the CO-VID19 outbreak:
“All Americans including the young and healthy should engage in learning from home.”
It impresses me that a president who rules the country via Twitter fiats urged us to flex your mental muscles as a way to cope.
Not only did Staples deliver my ink and paper so I could continue my writing projects at home:
Amazon is set to deliver a book to my house.
Reading books and magazines would be in my estimation a productive use of our mental energy when we’re sheltering in place.
For you watching TV might be a pleasant way to pass the time when you’re sheltering in place. By all means continue to watch TV should this give you great joy.
Watching TV sitcoms all day on a good day is my version of a great way to dull my mind if not outright damage my mental health.
To keep my mind sharp and alert I’m reading a book one of my friends published last year.
Talking on the telephone to my family also helps me ride out this crisis.
Like I said the number-one act of healing for me has been to use the creative process to express myself.
So when the ink and paper runs out I’ll fire up the credit card and order new ink and toner from Staples.
We’ll get through this together.
Americans have always been resilient in the face of hardship.
Flexing your mental muscles?
I’m all for this as a game plan.
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