Day 61

I think I haven’t been taking full advantage of isolation.

For example, it’s true that in the morning I often have to join a Zoom meeting, but there’s no compelling reason I couldn’t switch right back to jammies as soon as that’s over. I think the reason I just go on wearing clothes is because it’s less hassle, but I’m not going to achieve Level Five Isolator by avoiding hassle. I need to buckle down and find the grit and determination needed to squeeze every drop of isolation experience out of this fleeting time.

Places where I’ve failed to have the fullest isolation experience:

• Still haven’t got a cat.
• Haven’t eaten anything from the far back of the fridge.
• Haven’t constructed an ultimate fort.
• Haven’t taken the VCR from the attic to watch old Tai Bo videos. (Not to do the workouts. Just to make popcorn and watch Billy Banks be Billy Banks.)
• Haven’t memorized the Gettysburg Address.
• Haven’t watched a 40-minute video about why fan dials go Off, Hi, Med, Lo, in that order.
• Haven’t demolished any interior walls (yet).
• Haven't started restoring an old Mercury Cougar.
• Haven't started a nightly log in a vain effort to conjure meaning from the perfect void my life has become.
• Haven't bought somebody's whole Beanie Baby collection on EBay.
• Haven't started an ongoing game of hide an seek with myself.

So there’s plenty of room for me to step up my isolation game. I’ll get right to that, as soon I find whatever sneaky hiding place I’m in at the moment.