Pandemic Thoughts
I've been forcing my students to journal their thoughts and feelings for weeks now, but I haven't written a single word for myself. The habit tracking line for "writing" in April is completely blank, even though I know how good writing is for my mental health. Today, in an effort to postpone writing and giving a lecture on Injury Prevention and Workplace Safety, I started reading old blog entries from when I was a senior in college, ten years ago. And I realized it was nice to have a record of what I was feeling and experiencing during that specific time, so I spent 15 minutes figuring out how to best access this website again, and started a new post. Here's the thing. I am feeling all the things about this global pandemic, and it's hard to organize them all. My brain seems to be working overtime in an attempt to though, because it's not even quiet while I sleep- I've had some crazy dreams in the last few weeks. Last night I was finally called up...