Comments on: Mood Swings and Monotony in Lockdown

By: Vidhi Shah

Vidhi Shah — Sun, 23 Aug 2020 03:20:56 +0000

Hi Lucy,

I woke this morning figure about how to go about my mood... And I came across your article. It’s exactly what I am feeling and what is worse is I don’t even have kids.. but somewhere motivation to do what’s right for me has left my body. But after reading your article and the comments below. I realised it’s really normal to feel the way I am feeling... thank you so much! I am hoping I can pick up from where I left off and move on with my life. Forgive myself, be easy on it and get to work. Thank you so much again!

By: CL Goh

CL Goh — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 02:32:07 +0000

Hi Lucy, thank you so much for writing and sharing this piece. You took all the words and feelings right out of my mouth:)). Absolutely resonated with you on this. For myself, the following experiences and learning seemed to help: 1. Acceptance - the ability to accept the new norm and move on (instead of waiting that it will go away soon as the " soon" is unlikely to be in the next 6 to 9 months at least). 2. I too do not have a dedicated nice "working place" in the house. But I find that moving the "working place" to different spots in the house from time to time (depending on activities) seemed to give a different perspective of things and have that renewed sense of motivation. For example, working at the patio next to the garden (when I need to write), in the lounge (when having a call with colleagues), at the dining table (when reviewing work of others) 3. Practice mindfulness meditation. Especially when I feel frustrated and not motivated, taking a short 10 to 15 min to meditate helps to anchor my mind and emotion better and in fact sometimes by getting more in tune with the present I have light bulb moments of new ideas for my projects. Hope the above add to the list of ideas for everyone to try on. Stay safe and be well!!

By: Vicky Johnstone

Vicky Johnstone — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 19:05:42 +0000

Hi Lucy! Oh yes, I can identify so much with this blog - the parent and work blend has never been more apparent. I feel so much better on the days I finish working prompt at 5.30 and take the children out for a blast of fresh air and walk down our road, pointing out the new rainbows in the windows and waving at our neighbours to encourage some feeling of separation from the working day and evening. Morning work huddles are great and we’ve been sharing out the chairing of these to bring along a short quiz or another light hearted activity to inject some of those human interactions back into the work day. But I’m looking forward to a face to face natter at lunchtime with a colleague when this is all over for sure! Good luck!