My 10 everyday to-dos for 2020

Family time, before end 2019

Love in the Time of Coronavirus, 2

For the first time in a long time, magkakasama kaming buong pamilya nang matagal-tagal. That is a gift. Kahit noong Pasko, oras lang ang magkakasama kami kasi may pasok si kuya. We tried to extend that time together by taking him to work before his shift began at 12 midnight.

Kaya notoriously praning me was chill. Nag regular grocery kami (madaming nabili ng tissue at alcohol). Meron pa kaming sabon kaya di naman kami bumili ng cleaning items.

Chill lang. Sarap kasama ng mga anak ko.

Those of us who are so privileged (oo, privilege ang makapagtrabaho at sumweldo habang kumakalat ang epidemya) can take the time to rethink our lifestyles, especially the drink-drink-drink, gobble-gobble-gobble, and buy-buy-buy mindset.

Despite Greta Thunberg’s successful campaign against the climate crisis, its impact was nothing to the coronavirus’s. How many tons of carbon did we (as humanity) not release to the atmosphere because of China’s manufacturing and transport slowdown alone?

Modern living (on-demand electricity, water, food) is again, a privilege in our lupang hinirang. But they all cost something to Mother Nature. (Tinatawag natin siyang nanay, pero kung abusuhin natin, parang hindi).

Dating-dati pa, tinanong ako ni Tyago, why is our excretory organ so close to our reproductive organ?

Hanggang ngayon, palaisipan pa rin sa akin ang tanong niya. Inisip at hinahanap ko pa rin ang sagot. Isang insight lang sa pagmumuni-muni: We view our waste (fecal waste especially) with disgust when its release only means we’re healthy.

Moving our bowels is a must. So in my new year’s daily list of 10 to-dos, it is number one.

The list, which is essentially about being a healthy human, includes: 

2. Exercise (I try to do yoga via YouTube which allows me to stretch, breathe, focus). 

3. Drink at least 8 glasses of water. 

4. Sleep at least 8 hours a day. 

5. Eat on time. 

6. Appreciate art (music or poetry or fiction). 

7. Do one household chore (Fixing everybody’s bed is automatic to me now). 

8. Re-connect to a dear one (sister, mother, old friend). 

9. Learn something new (Signed up to an online Data Science course na dalawang buwan ko na atang di nababalikan). 

10. Write something for myself (Ngayon lang nangyari 'to 75 days into 2020, wee hours of March 16).