05/26/2020

How to Overcome Pandemic-related Apathy

Feelings of isolation can lead to apathy and a lack of energy

Early in the COVID-19 outbreak, I began playing a little game in which I imagined unlocking levels of quarantine as time passed.

First came the level of quarantine in which I attended a birthday party via computer screen; then the level of quarantine in which I allowed my daughters to bake with copious amounts of sugar four or five times in a single week.

I unlocked an extra level the day I realized minutes before a work meeting that instead of the regular call-in format, it would now be in Zoom’s full technicolor video. I was unshowered, still wearing the clothes I put on to walk the dog five hours before. Extra points for attending anyway.

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