Ep 22 Futuresteading Shortie : Life in lockdown

Need some lockdown solidarity? Here’s 20 minutes of it, with a real and honest chat about our experiences, and insights, from the ongoing Victorian lockdown. Jade’s juggling kids on the farm in Stage 3 while Catie is chucking tanties at her laptop in Melbourne’s Stage 4. We hope this little small glimpse into our everyday is akin to a virtual hug.Caveat: There's no one experience of lockdown, nor prescription for doing it right. We acknowledge our relative good fortune while honouring the tougher-than-tough reality of so many others.SHOW NOTESWhy Catie's brain is like wet cakeLong funky days at home with kidsWired brains and screen-impacted sleepSolidarity!Finding daily patterns for consistency and reassuranceWhy this enforced localisation is giving us the chance to take a microscopic view of our local turfSharing a daily lunch with family - snack plates + kidsThe value of accepting this period of wartime-like griefSeeing a psychologist is a mental multivitaminWe are experiencing acute instabilityGrief/joy/love are combining to create empathy for othersHuman adaptabilityAt least there's no FOMO!Willingness to be vulnerable; we are all in this togetherThe value of maintaining perspectiveThe value of repetition and orderDiving into abstract, artistic, creative concepts and classic literatureLoving those at homeLetting joy be your compass - harking back to our childhood lovesWhy we don't have to have a picture of the new world we want. Nature is emergent; let's be open to unfolding solutionsSeeing the beauty in the immediateLINKS YOU'LL LOVEDumbo Feather MagazineBleak House - Charles DickensSand Talk - Tyson YunkaportaSupport the show