Welcome to Week 5
As we move into week 5 of our social-distancing lockdown, boredom has hit in full force. For the first four weeks I embraced the new found freedom these new restrictions afforded. However, I have ruined my sleep schedule, trashed my flat, spent money on things I definitely did not need or could afford, negated the need to wear underwear and not a single scrap of make-up has touched my face. The lack of routine and structure to my life is slowly sending me insane. I have felt a lot of pressure from social media to 'have it together'. When the quarantine routine posts were plastered across instagram I felt as though I was falling apart. Should I have an hour by hour schedule for my day? Should I be doing an activity for my mind and an activity for my body? How are people seemingly OK with this? My social media intake increased. There I was an hour deep into videos of Golden retrievers and 'before & after' pictures of women who have shed impres...