One line a day, that’s all it really takes, right? With the new year and the new decade, I decided to have another go at the One Line a Day Journal. The last time I did this (a few years back), I successfully committed to it for four years (at the end of each week or month) and then called it quits. I. Was. So. Close. But as the saying goes, “It’s going to be different this time around.”

Little did I know when I started this journal (in February!) that we were about to undergo a global health crisis — a pandemic — and the world was going to change forever. 

It’s now been about five weeks of self-isolation and quarantine. With non-essential shops and businesses still closed, schools moving to online learning, park and recreation operations shut down, many of us have found some creative ways to cope with the situation and remain balanced. Sometimes it’s easy to keep your spirits up by finding various ways to brew a cup of coffee and move yourself from the bedroom to the living room. Other times, you trip over your laundry basket or a ball of yarn in the hallway. Some days you decide to be super productive and clean the bedroom, vacuum the floors, scrub the bathtub and bleach the tiles. Other days, you just want to throw in the towel, like on the couch, eat a tub of ice cream and watch bad tv. However you deal with this new normal, remember to always get up and try. 

Every day can be a new high or a new low. You decide. For those of us who are lucky enough to be bored, go find yourself a new hobby. Make a digital photo album of that trip you took last year. Borrow a book from your local e-library. Get a little more creative cooking that next meal of yours. Do something. 

We don’t know what tomorrow will bring, but we can look at tomorrow with hope for brighter and more colorful days ahead. 

Stay home. Stay safe. Stay well.