What Saved My Life in March

Well, March, you started out fine and then LOST YOUR LOVING MIND and now here we are, staying home until June and fighting a global pandemic. Oof. You really had to go there, didn’t you? Thanks for lasting one million years… good riddance, though, for real.

Here’s what saved my life in March:

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five-star books:

• Try Softer by Aundi Kolber (review here)

shows + movies:

• Schitt’s Creek (i’m rewatching because I just need it right now)

• Frozen 2 (100% needed the “next right thing” reminder)

podcasts:

• The Popcast (Knox + Jamie)

• Might I Suggest… (Hayley Morgan)

• The Good List (Tsh Oxenreider)

• That Sounds Fun (Annie F. Downs — specifically the Quarantine episodes with Eddie Kaufholz)

music:

• Good Vibes for Weird Times (the playlist I made for these weird times, with relevant song titles and solid jams)

everything else:

• Yoga classes on Zoom with my favorite teacher Marisa (you can join too!)

• keeping a log of all the things I do each day (big and small and in between) so I can see that I actually AM doing things and stuff IS happening. (I do it in this planner.)

• instacart deliveries.

• zoom.

• recording The RAD podcast every week.

• coloring books. (I love everything from Lisa Congdon— the designs aren’t too teeny tiny!)

• finally getting a new washer and dryer! we can do laundry again!

• working out or going on a walk or doing yoga and basically just closing my rings every day.

• keeping the house (and my room, specifically) SUPER clean and organized.

• making my bed every morning. (i’m embarrassed to admit this was not a habit before quarantine!)

• weekly counseling (moved to virtual sessions which is different but still great!)

• getting outside as often as possible.

• daily meditation sessions in the Calm app.

• weekly deliveries of the Sunday New York Times (and turning them into collages!)

• voting! (for my girl liz. sad she’s out.)

• SPRING. all the praise hands for flowers blooming and warmer weather. no praise hands for pollen.

• encouraging chalk art all around my neighborhood.

• daily to-do lists. (I do them on this pad from Elise Joy!)

• a quarantine bucket list.

• planting my garden and getting my hands dirty again.

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ps— if you’re curious, here’s everything I read this month:

• A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas (4 stars // review here)

• Since You’ve Been Gone by Morgan Matson (3 stars // review here)

• Gracefully You by Jenna Dewan (1 star // review here)

• You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen (2 stars // review here)

• Followers by Megan Angelo (3 stars // review here)

• Now Accepting Roses by Amanda Stanton (1 star // review here)

• Bachelor Nation by Amy Kaufman (4 stars // review here)

• The Thousandth Floor by Katharine McGee (4 stars // review here)

• The Dazzling Heights by Katharine McGee (4 stars // review here)

• The Towering Sky by Katharine McGee (4 stars // review here)

• The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan (4 stars // review here)

• Fierce, Free, and Full of Fire by Jen Hatmaker (4 stars)

• Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan (2 stars)

• Try Softer by Aundi Kolber (5 stars // review here)

• Most Likely by Sarah Watson (4 stars // review here)

• Sourdough by Robin Sloan (3 stars // review here)

• The Hypnotist’s Love Story by Liane Moriarty (2 stars // review here)

• Loving Well in a Broken World by Lauren Casper (3 stars // review here)

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