My Not So Perfect Life

I have been feeling rather stressed with everything that has been going on over the last few days. I always have a busy life so it is not the fact that I have a lot of things that need doing which is getting to me. It is the stress, things have changed so much recently and I have been letting it effect me more than is healthy.  Today I had a day off, normally I try to make sure that my days off are spent as productively as possible so that I can get things done and feel as though I have made the most of me time. However today was different, I needed to take the time for myself to relax and unwind. As a result I hardly got anything done, I relaxed and spent time with my dog and my partner.  Now I am feeling much better. I have spent the last few weeks unable to concentrate on things and being very unproductive but taking a bit of time away where I didn't stress myself out about how productive I was being has made me feel a lot better and has given my the space to refocus on what

In the UK we have been in lockdown for a few weeks now and it is starting to feel a lot more normal now. This means that some parts of this are starting to feel a bit easier, like working from home all of the time and not having to worry about what I am wearing at all (I am pretty much living in yoga pants and t-shirts). However there are other parts of this that I am still finding difficult. It is hard not being able to catch up with my family in person. I am not really that fussed about seeing lots of people all of the time but it is nice seeing my family every week or so and I am missing that side of things. The second thing that I am struggling is not being able to go for a walk more than once a day. I living on the outskirts of my city because I enjoy getting out into nature for walks and even more so when I am stressed about something. This means that being stuck in the house most of the day is quite difficult for me. I am lucky to have access to a small garden (I know that t