Can verify that everything here has happened in some shape or form in the last 3 weeks
My WFH life during COVID-19
7:30 – alarm goes off, work starts at 8am
8:00 – in bed
8:02 – in bed
8:15 – put phone on loud, checks email and Whatsapp
8:17 – get up
8:20 – Breakfast
8:25 – Breakfast
8:35 – Breakfast
8:40 – check emails again
8:50 – stand outside with a cup of coffee and breathe
9:00 – get dressed, make bed, lie down on made bed
9:15 – made it to desk, one hour and fifteen minutes late
9:16 – open work laptop, boot Outlook and Zoom
9:30 – open own MacBook, boot up Spotify, my writing WIP, YouTube, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Netflix and Disney +
9:32 – scroll through Instagram on phone
9:35 – put on a small bit of makeup to take #workfromhome selfie
10:05 – still taking #workfromhome selfies
10:15 – why haven’t they texted me yet
10:31 – first work email comes in – it’s a cc with nothing for me to do
10:33 – change Spotify playlist to ‘All Out 90s’
10:35 – small cry
10:42 – make a cup of coffee, go stand outside again
11:00 – come back inside, look at to-do list, deem everything non-essential
11:07 – change all my ringtones
11:08 – change my iPhone wallpaper
11:09 – Whatsapp from boss to Zoom him
11:15 – actually Zoom my boss
11:15 – 11:21 – my boss tries to unmute himself
11:22 – 11:50 – dictation of an email with 5 different attachments in both Word Format and red-lined PDF
11:51 – leave Zoom meeting, put my head down on desk
12:10 – finally leave desk to make more coffee
12:12 – kettle is boiling, annoy my mother
12:15 – get anxious about idk something
12:19 – journal
12:20 – stop journaling because there’s too much goin on
12:21 – Pinterest
12:50 – Pinterest
13:00 – LUNCH TIME
13:00:01 – phone on silent
13:01 – check my facebook messenger, get anxious
13:02 – 13:18 – choose a #wfh selfie and post to Instagram
13:19 – delete Instagram app off phone
13:20 – boil kettle
13:21 – make tea
13:22 – forget completely about tea, pour some Coke Zero
13:24 – remember I haven’t taken my medication, ask for an apology from the anti-depressant Gods
13:30 – actually clean my face and put on moisturizer
13:45 – stop picking my face and put on more moisturizer
13:50 – realise I’m not hungry
14:00 – stick phone back on loud
14:07 – check up on the news on my phone
14:08 – look up “108 Things To Do During A Pandemic”, get to No 3 before quitting
14:15 – re-download Instagram on terrible 3G and mass DM memes
14:19 – look out the window to see all the delivery drivers drive up and down
14:20 – daydream about the DPD Driver delivering something for me
14:25 – watch the two kids playing hockey suspiciously near my car
14:45 – go back to my desk, open work laptop, check emails (none)
14:53 – go through everyone’s instagram story
15:01 – go through my old photos of Colorado
15:07 – get anxious about not being in Colorado, put phone down
15:15 – generally continue to feel anxious
15:17 – medium cry
15:18 – email from my boss to say he’ll call me in a few minutes
16:18 – no call from boss, put on shoes and actual clothes, go out for walk
16:20 – call from boss to do work
16:22 – walk back to my house and open my laptop
16:28 – make it look like I was actually out on a long long walk when I was interrupted finally Zoom my boss
16:31 – boss realises he doesn’t need me for this task and hangs up
16:32 – go for walk
16:55 – stare off with another walker as to who has to walk on the cycle lane in order to maintain social distancing
16:56 – cave and walk in the cycle lane
17:16 – come home
17:18 – anxiety, large-ish cry
17:29 – check email – 2 emails asking me to do two urgent things
17:30 – shut down laptop (if it wasn’t shut down hours before this)
17:32 – feel guilty and do the two urgent things
17:52 – finally done work, crack a beer, sit outside
17:56 – move indoors as it starts to rain
