When it became apparent that the spread of COVID-19 would mean a lot more time indoors, for a second I thought “oh yeah—I’ve got this.” Truly, my natural tendency is to stay home writing and making art and never go out and see anyone except my family, and to go to parks. Also I like restaurants. But anyway my point is that I actively remind myself to socialize because I know I enjoy it and it enriches my life, even when staying home is a big joy in my life too. After tomorrow I’ll be working at home for… I don’t know how long. I don’t think any of us know what exactly is going to happen. I hope it’s not long for the sake of public health but it could be a while. So I’m thinking about how to manage all that home time… I think I’m going to need to actively not fall into an art hole… deliberately make time for things like exercise and leisure such as reading and watching tv. I know I can burn myself out with the intensity of my focus on art and writing so I’m going to be conscious about avoiding that. I’ll still have more time than before to work on art and writing which I’ll document here, but I’m resisting the urge to say “FINALLY I WILL FINISH THE 17 BOOKS ON MY LIST I WANT TO WRITE MWAHAHA!” Because even though I will be staying home more—a lot more—to do my part for public health, if this turns out to be a protracted thing I think it’ll be easier the more balance I maintain from the very beginning. Tonight we watched The 36th Chamber of Shaolin and I didn’t make anything and it was awesome.