Today marks ten months of pandemic living and I remind myself, everyone wants to be on a winning team.
Yesterday, I shared that it took my kids ~100 days to return to baseline greed, avarice, appetite and longing. 😉
I took this as a good sign. My wife and I had created a normal environment for them.
Frankly, it was disappointing to be unable to repeatedly play the “but there’s a global pandemic going on” card.
However, having spent time with three-year-olds, I was used to a kid-don’t-care attitude. Three-year olds are incredibly useful training for life.
What have you done for me lately?
I went through the pain to get you on autopilot.
Up by 6:30am, read, breakfast, Duolingo, get dressed, brush teeth, walk around the block and login to Online School.
Six months to catch them up to an all-star single mom’s family routine. Our friend (all-star single mom) probably doesn’t feel like an all-star but I’ve been watching her for years. I’d always wondered how she did it.
She did it because she had no alternative.
Here’s another lesson from my COVID-season…
Alcoholism, addiction, pandemics, fitness, weight-loss, anger management, academic performance… wherever we are screwing ourselves up!
Once you’ve gone through the pain to change, hold on to those gains!
Everyone around you wants to be on a winning team.
They are longing to follow the structure, and standard, you set.
Have faith you will rise to the challenge.
