All of Spain is on lockdown as of yesterday. It was scheduled for 15 days but that probably won't be sufficient.
As I settle in to this lockdown, a certain reality is hitting me hard. There's somewhere else I really need to be right now. The fact that I'm not there and can't get there now is going to have consequences that I frankly don't want to think about. Sometimes it takes an extraordinary situation to jolt the brain into realizations it should have made long ago.
That's why I'm going to use this time inside to do some hardcore self-evaluation. A deep examination of my goals, mistakes I've made, ways I want to improve myself and everything and everyone I'm truly grateful for is absolutely in order.
Probably not a bad time for all of us to slow down for a bit and reflect on where we are and where we're headed in life, just to make sure we're on the path we really want to be on.
What else can we do in these crazy times?
Get focused - Be kind, be patient, take it all seriously, make smart decisions, stay up-to-date through genuine sources of information and understand that we're all in this together.
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