Virtue

Patience is far from my greatest virtue. I certainly have not mastered the art of being patient whilst I wait for this visa situation to work itself out. During work it can manifest in distraction and not feeling productive. Today I was listening to some podcasts about focus and procrastination, which were very enlightening. There is a wealth of useful podcasts out there and I’m starting to see them as a good way of spending time. I also think the Pomodoro technique is a useful technique to try to replicate the type of working day we’d normally have, with regular interruptions. Being behind a screen with no colleagues around feels like an artificial way of ‘going to work’.

The weather looked clear so I set out for a long walk. The very light snow became a flurry of massive flakes, which was exciting.

This lockdown is worlds away from the March-June lockdown last year. I don’t know where all the cars are driving to at the moment. They can’t all be nipping to the pharmacy or supermarket for essentials.