My Quarantine House Rules and Anti-Stir-Crazy plan for health and wellness to weather this marathon of lockdown.

1) Turn off internet / screen-time each day (how & how long?)

2) Give acknowledgments: what are you thankful for each AM. Choose “word of the day”. Do mental check-ins.

3) WELLNESS & FITNESS: Exercise, don’t drink too much, eat well. BREATHE.

4) Daily art therapy: Puzzles, paint, write, play music, photograph spring & wildflowers (social distance tho!)

5) Routines & Rituals – we start our day w/ a conversation during pour over coffee. Slows us down.

6) News only 1-2x/day, read it if possible. No press conferences. Meditation, which can be not doing things. Like don’t check social media. Don’t stress. Stare at something beautiful.

7) Meditation, which can be *not* doing things. Like *don’t* check social media. Don’t stress. Stare at something beautiful.

8) Focus & be efficient: Find honey-do, project, your todo & org lists. Make space & time to accomplish things vs overwhelmed by media. READ BOOKS & MAGS!

9) Don’t waste this! Learn new things, *BE PRESENT & TOGETHER*: Learn chess or try out a new language.

10) Professional growth! Take online courses for biz (Neural plasticity is one, some hotel learning too!)

11) We’re tired of zooms, but check-in, esp. w/most marginalized.

Summing up:

It’s easy to default into normal behaviors that can become toxic, unhelpful, or do personal harm, in this time. Remember we’re not going to be our best selves every moment of every day, and give yourself space for grief.

This helped me a LOT w/ anxiety: https://hbr.org/2020/03/that-discomfort-youre-feeling-is-grief

Reminder: this isn’t happening to you, nor me. Nor us. This is happening to everyone worldwide. While everyone is in a similar situation, every situation is different.

Patience, support, calm, togetherness, planning, & hope that this is just a moment in time serves us well.

So while this isn’t a economic crisis as much as it is a human crisis, slow down, give yourself space, and especially give yourself a little structure.

This is a marathon, & while the industry will return, it’s time to focus on well-being, & familial health. Good luck.

Original twitter thread: https://twitter.com/HHotelConsult/status/1245483355300196352