September 8 – Life in a Lockdown #23

So here we are, another Tuesday and another Life in a Lockdown.

The world is becoming more normal in some ways. Many parents have sent their kids back to school.

I often feel like I am on the outside looking into a world becoming more normal at times. However, I guess we can only do what feels right to us.

Of course, I have to start this by saying thank you to Bex at Futures for joining me each week and of course Jenni at Lyrical Host (affiliate link) for kickstarting the idea!

If you would like to take part I promise it is simple:

We do ask that you give both Bex and I a link back in your post, with how you find the link-up! You will be able to copy all the questions from below to answer in your own world.

Then all you need to do is pop back to mine or Bex’s post and pop your link in the inlinkz so we can come and read your post.

1) How are you feeling/coping?
2) What have you been up to over the past 7 days?
3) What are your priorities at the moment, have you changed what you will / won’t go out for?
4) Have you found anywhere doing a really good job of catering to social distancing?
5) What have you bought this week that others might like? Especially if from a small business.
6) How has your routine been this week?
7) What have you learnt over lockdown (this doesn’t have to be a skill, it could be about yourself, your family, or something else).
8) What have you been grateful for over the past 7 days?

So what did week 22 hold:

1) How are you feeling/coping?

I’ve been having this weird anxiety. I was talking to my CPN about it on Friday. Normally with anxiety, I shut down and sleep. However, this time I am not feeling tired, the anxious feeling is higher in my chest and rather than it making me breathe quicker, I find myself holding my breath, while my heart seems to beat out of rhythm.

Perhaps that is just a sign of this year. Everything is upside and different.

2) What have you been up to over the past 7 days?

I’m sat here trying to remember now and I think the answer is not much. Having DBT and my CPN in the same week means I am mentally fatigued most of the week.

As such we’ve really just sat around at home and watched TV.

We finished off Snowpiercer, then went onto The Fall on Netflix, watched the film Ready or Not and have just gone back to watch Fairy Tale after Ash found some more on Funimation.

3) What are your priorities at the moment, have you changed what you will / won’t go out for?

Same old same old.

We are going out for appointments, to see my parents and a few friends at a social distance once in a blue moon and that’s about it.

4) Have you found anywhere doing a really good job of catering to social distancing?

Nowhere new this week.

Though I have decided that as well as a place makes the idea of social distancing, it falls on the public to keep it up and many people just don’t.

5) What have you bought this week that others might like? Especially if from a small business.

There is something about sea glass that I find calming. I’m not sure if it is because it reminds me of the beach, which in turn reminds me of time with family. Or if it is something else.

Anyway, I came across this beautiful wind chime made from sea glass and driftwood by Kats Coastal Crafts UK on Etsy and well just look!

It is fantastic. Sometimes I’ll open and parcel and be like this is so much better than I thought it would be and I knew I would love it. This was definitely one of those times.

Also check out my new ghost from Wild Inanda Crystal Store, as everyone needs a new ghost for Autumn. He was a second as a little chipped but I still think he is cute!

6) How has your routine been this week?

It’s been a weird one – I’ve been waking up earlier I think, but just allowing myself to drift in a daze for a while. So somedays I have been getting up later.

I really need to stop allowing myself to do that as I know I’m doing it to not have to face the day.

7) What have you learnt over lockdown (this doesn’t have to be a skill, it could be about yourself, your family, or something else).

I’m learning a bit more about SEO – this is definitely something I need work on though. I’ve really neglected in my nearly 10 years of running Life in a Break Down.

8) What have you been grateful for over the past 7 days?

Having people around me I can talk when I’m not feeling myself.

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A huge thank you as always to everyone who linked up with us last week.

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