Emergency Stop Button Update

When I wrote the original post in January 2020, who knew the Covid-19 pandemic was on the way.  Due to Covid, I effectively received my emergency stop.  I had taken some vacation days when I was called to come into work to finish up some things before we started working for home for what I thought would be about two weeks.  At first, I was gung ho about working from home tackling paperwork projects that often took a back seat to preparing labs.  I started actually taking my lunch breaks, something I did not do when at work.  The introvert in me was more than happy to be sequestered away at home away from the world. Then two weeks turned into a month and my work duties needed to change to adapt to the change in delivery of our courses.  Change is scary and often drives me to freeze and procrastinate getting projects started.  So one month turned into two and I realized I was only doing what was needed to get through the day, here I had all this new found time and I was wasting it by letting fear of change hold me hostage.  I made a giant to-do list of all the tasks I had been wanting to complete but had been avoiding for one reason or another and set out to get a couple of the easier ones completed.  I tackled the storage room and purged clothes and items we no longer used.  While I could not drop them off at the intended donation sites they were prepped and ready once the opportunity arrived.  Next was cleaning and organizing the rest of the house.  Living in an area that is subject to winter storms and hurricanes I usually keep emergency supplies but over the last few years, I let the stock dwindle.  I reevaluated the supply list and then reset all of the emergency supplies.  A short time later I was able to return to work and some normalcy returned to my world, but not really. I have been going through the motions each day but find myself putting things off waiting for life to return to normal. I need to put an end to the drifting and start living my life with purpose again.  I need to make some plans for the short term to start reclaiming a bit of normal in this unique time we are living through.  After all, if this time has taught us anything it is to remember that life is short and you need to live in the moment and enjoy all you can.  If you too have felt adrift, what can you commit to today to set yourself back towards living life with purpose and enjoyment? Please comment below!