Work From Home Rules

While I am in quarantine and working from home I need to have some rules in place.

1. Get dressed. If I stay in my PJs I know I will not take my job seriously. I know, I have done this before and it did not go so well. I will get dressed, not business casual as I normally get for the office, but take off my wrinkled PJs, fold them and put them away as per my usual everyday routine. And, put on some clothes, maybe jeans and a long sleeve t-shirt.
2. Wash my face. Clean off the gunk from and the pillow wrinkles from the night before.
3. Moisturize. Moisturizing is not pandemic free. This will all blow over soon enough and my skin still needs moisturizing. Not only my face but full body moisturizing.
4. Hygiene. Just because I am home does not mean I can skip brushing teeth and showering. I will take the time to do all of the same things that I would do on a daily basis to go into the office. Not only because this is healthy but because I do live with other people after all.
5. Exercise. My routine is to go to the gym every other day in the morning. I will continue to do exercising at home. I am lucky that I have a treadmill in the basement. I will continue to go on the treadmill every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I also do Yoga during my lunch hour on Tuesdays and Thursdays. There are plenty of videos online that I can follow along so that I will not loose my routine. Exercising is a great way to get out of your own head and not think about this virus. Even if for a little while.
6. Eat Right. I will continue to have a healthy breakfast, lunch and dinner. Not snacking. This isn’t so easy for me as I love to snack on things like bananas, cheese and chips. I will continue to only have my Jirushi bottle of coffee and no more. Not only do I need to ration the coffee but I will not, I will NOT have more coffee than I need to.

This has become more of a manifesto than rules. I will continue to follow my routine. My only difference is sleep. Since I don’t have an hour commute I can sleep a little more but hear me now blog…I will continue to wake up early and continue to follow my rules.