Should I Be Productive During Coronavirus Down Time?

Does it really matter? Is productivity somehow disrespectful to all those suffering and risking their lives, or is it essential to maintain your own sanity?

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All over the world, in all sorts of cultures and at all levels of urgency, people are stuck in their homes with time on their hands.

Do you use that time “productively”, or do you make the most of what may be the only time in your life that you are forced to slow down and be idle?

Unfortunately for some, the issue isn’t even on their radar as they are on the front lines of the war to keep us all safe — medical staff, emergency service workers, social infrastructure workers, retail staff — my utmost respect to all those still out there in the real world, working to benefit us all.

In some ways, my “new normal” isn’t that different to my “old normal”. I work from home (mainly anyway) and have maintained my client base and my usual work load, my kids are late teens/early 20’s so no home schooling for me (hoorah). I’m a bit of a home-bod anyway, and so while I miss my yoga classes and one-on-one real life catch ups with friends for a coffee, the live-stream…