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Home in the Time of COVID: Appreciating and easily improving your home

Previous installments in this series offered thoughts on how to make the most of pleasures that remain allowable amid the COVID lockdown: walking, reading, music, and eating. In my Psychology Today article today, we turn to home.

Many of us are staying at home more amid the COVID lockdown. While that may cause cabin fever, it also may afford us the  opportunity to appreciate and improve our home without undue cost, which in the economic shutdown may be more important than ever.

Eating in the Time of COVID

Previous installments in this series on making the most of pleasures allowable in the COVID lockdown addressed walking, reading, and music. Today we turn to eating.

No matter the restrictions, we will be allowed to eat. That’s fortunate not just because food is required for life but it's a universal pleasures, enjoyed by people of every stripe, not just now but since Eve ate The Apple.

Perhaps one or more of the thoughts I share in my Psychology Today article today might enhance your enjoyment of this most robust of human pleasures.

A More Pleasurable Approach to Listening or Playing Music?

Previous installments in this series offered thoughts on how to make the most of two COVID-okay recreations: walking and reading. In my Psychology Today article today, I turn to music.

Reading Efficiently: Making the most of this COVID-lockdown-acceptable activity

Recently, I wrote about making the most of a COVID-acceptable activity: walking. Today I turn to another: reading.

Whether for pleasure, work, health, or figuring out how to fix your running toilet, amid the COVID lockdown, you may be reading more than ever. My Psychology Today article today offers thoughts on making the most of your reading.

Upsides of Aging

Of course, aging has downsides, notably the decline in physical and mental health as we proceed on life’s conveyor belt. Those have been much discussed, so it may be helpful to describe some of aging’s upsides. I do so in my Psychology Today article today.

Job Hunting Amid the Pandemic

Of course, it's tougher to find a good job amid the COVID economic shutdown, but there are pluses. I describe them in my Psychology Today article today.

“I’m Normally Quite Responsible But...”: Stemming COVID's toll on motivation

Recently, I posted a composite letter from a “person” who had always lacked motivation. 

Today, my Psychology Today article  offers a composite letter describes a person who had always been reasonably motivated but the COVID restrictions have taken a toll.

Better and More Enjoyable Networking

With more than 40 million Americans out of work amid the pandemic, it’s more important than ever to use that key tool to finding good work: networking. I describe what's working best for my clients in my Psychology Today article today.

Walk Therapy

COVID has reduced our recreational activities. One is walking. Writers from Hazlitt to Consumer Reports laud walking, for health and the chance to reflect, stimulated by what you see and hear.

My Psychology Today article today offers some activities you might do while walking that facilitate personal growth and certainly help pass the time if you’re walking merely for exercise.

“I’m Having a Hard Time Being Honest:” Three rationales for the more honest life

A few of my clients have admitted that the pressure caused by the COVID economic shutdown has made them less honest at work—They’re cutting corners to help preserve their job or keep their company or non-profit alive.

My Psychology Today article today offers a composite letter that describes such clients. Then I offer a response.