Life Goes On

What we’ve learned and gained through living under quarantine.

This coronavirus pandemic pulled the rug out from under everyone. As shocking and devastating an experience it has been, and as difficult living under lockdown has proven to be, there are life lessons we have each gained in the process. Outwardly, we may have been obsessively baking sourdough bread and spending hours on completing a puzzle with our kids, but there’s more to it than what our day-to-day routine has evolved into. As we slowly start to emerge and look toward establishing a new normal as the coronavirus numbers start to flatten out, we checked in with some regular D’FYNE contributors to see how they’ll be changing their approach to life going forward.

Attitude of gratitude

“I believe the only constant we ever truly experience in life is change. We have to open our hearts in order for our minds to embrace, trust, and adapt when we are presented with a new challenge or way of life. New routines have become very significant, especially my morning meditation and gratitude. In a world of so many unknowns, there is nothing more important than starting my day with a positive mindset. I have learned a higher appreciation and respect for others and their health, time we take for granted with family and friends, nature and the importance of what it does for this earth, gratitude and how it makes everything I have enough, the importance of being able to express myself through hugs and touch, and a new-found patience that I wish I had never lost in the first place.”

—HEATHER LOWE

Being present