Open Thread: Self Care During… All This

Let's have an open thread today to discuss what we're doing for self care during (gestures wildly) *all this*? How is your workplace and job either filling your cup or draining you? If you're balancing work with a lot of volunteer and activism efforts at the moment, how's that going?

In the past, we've talked about anxiety and The State of the World a lot, but… it really is a lot right now. Some posts from our past that might be helpful to you:

• How to Keep Your Spirits High When Life Stinks
• Dealing with Anxiety, Post Interview or Otherwise
• How Laughter Can Help with Anxiety
• Tips on Making Time for Therapy
• How to Cope with an Emotional Hangover or Lingering Stress
• Ways to Relax (Open Thread)
• How to Cope with Anxiety
• How to Stop Overthinking
• How to Keep Calm and Carry On

Personally, a couple of things that I'm doing (in addition to calling my representatives and donating) include indulging in my latest obsession, flower gardening (yeah, I didn't see that one coming either, although I do love that I can use spreadsheets for it, so it's like two hobbies in one!), and in recent days, I've found that singing loudly when I'm alone brings a weird joy. (Perhaps this started when I serenaded friends with an old Kingston Trio song a few weeks ago…)

I wish I could say that I'm still reading funny books or watching funny shows, but I'd love any recommendations you have! A lot of the shows I'd like to watch now, at least in theory, are way too heavy (“The Bear,” “The Pitt”), so I find myself not watching much TV.

So, how are you guys doing? What are you doing to get through this moment in time?

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