This is the perspective I'm taking on this.  One day at a time, one foot in front of the other.⁠

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I'm a recovering alcoholic [11 years sober, YES!] and in AA they teach you the value of what many would call these days "being present". If you think to yourself "I'm never going to have a drink again for the rest of my life", it makes you want to run at a sprint to the bottle store.  If you instead think, I'm not having a drink today, it makes it all so much more manageable/possible.  Especially at the beginning.⁠

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So that's me now.  Not freaking myself out with the wide-angle view of this lockdown [or rahui, as my friend Lisa called it, which is a much gentler and less restrictive word]. Instead going, okay, today, I'm staying at home, today I'm just seeing the people in my bubble..today I'm standing in line at the supermarket, today I saw a kereru at closequarters feeding, today I had a videocall after-work party with friends. Today. Today. Today. ⁠

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And then tommorow comes and turns into today too and soon enough, all the todays become the length of time we've had to stay at home, and we will have gotten through.⁠

[One day at a time, 2020 is available to purchase as a studioprint]