Mondays for me means a new week has begun, and while it’s important to stay on plan every day of the week, Mondays typically set the tone for the whole week to come, and I’m happy to report that diet wise I stayed on plan.
Emotionally, however, I found it difficult to concentrate on work while in the workplace as I was trying to keep my distance from other employees that were in the office. We are all very aware of the new self-distancing rules that were recently enacted (stay 6 feet away from all others), but some co-workers found it very difficult to comply, even with two co-workers in my building being ordered to quarantine themselves for 14 days as they were recently with someone else suspected of contracting COVID-19. Now I’m not saying onsite co-workers deliberately ignored the self-distancing guidelines, I’m suggesting it will take some time and practice for people to become cognizant of keeping outside a 6-foot circumference to others. For example, I am fortunate enough to have an office with a window and a door. Even so, other employees wanting to converse with me didn’t hesitate to enter my office and come right up to my desk instead of just hanging near the entrance. My office is only about 12’x8′ and my chair is about 4′ from the outside wall, so any more than 2 feet through the doorway violates that 6-foot bubble. Needless to say, this made me very uncomfortable and I was very close to just closing the door to ensure the clear space. Then came the realization that if I come to work only to sit in an office with the door closed, that’s no different than just working at home. So I ended the day making that formal request, and that made me feel relieved.
Staying on a plan,
Today was more challenging,
Perseverance won.