What have you learned about being inside?

[petra]

What's something you know now that you wish you had known earlier in your sojourn inside?

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[scytale]

I had to really think about this one, because I don't know yet. I think I'm doing a lot more monitoring of my mental state, and I'm learning when to be gentle and when to push myself (and how to do that gently). And part of losing things is making me think about what I value. But that's still an ongoing process.

So probably the best thing I have is this: that I can adapt and change. The way I felt about staying inside on day 1 is not the way I felt on day 7, or now.

[petra]

I think we're all on this journey at our own pace, whether we've been stuck indoors for a while or just for the pandemic, so thank you for sharing your process with us.

I'm glad that you can adapt and change, and that you've got different feelings about Being Inside now than you did at the beginning. I hope you keep finding ways to grow in your greenhouse.

[scytale]

Thank you! :) Greenhouse is such a lovely and poetic way to put the current situation -- and also apt since indoors is sometimes getting hotter now that we're mid-April. I hope that you can continue to learn in your greenhouse, as well.

And thank you for always coming with such thought-provoking prompts! I've mostly been lurking, but it's always a pleasure to think over your questions.

[petra]

I'm glad to be able to provide interesting questions. Thanks for participating in the community!