Quarantine has been a bit crazy for all of us in the past few months. Overall, 2020 has not been terribly kind, but I believe that everything that is happening will help us all become better people and a better nation in the end. I suffer from generalized anxiety- so much so that I can work myself up into what I call a "doom spiral" and have to claw my way out. I knew that by staying home, I would suffer a bit more than normal because of uncertainty within my job and my husband's job that I had a lot of underlying stress that I had little to no control over. One of my biggest and most successful coping mechanisms is reading, it provides me with an escape, perspective, and something else to concentrate on instead of my overall feeling of dread. Sometimes I can take this to an extreme- read a book or two in a day (?) why not- just to avoid my own problems. So I wanted to share the books I read during this time that helped me keep my sanity. You will notice that many of these books are a bit lighthearted, as I realized soon after the stay at home orders began that I needed something that would make me feel happy. Some of these helped me put my issues in perspective- the idea that "well, Kaitlyn other people have it worse" made me stop self pitying and feel grateful. Others on this list were more about giving me an escape- something fun and dreamy to let myself enjoy. I have not finished all of these books as they are current.
I am considering back tracking and also reviewing some of the books above that I have already read! Respond to the poll below on if you would read these reviews.
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