The Modern House has started a new series in their Journal which they’ve called ‘Notes from home‘ where their team members share stories from isolating at home. Their Senior Content Editor Charlie Monaghan is first up and I think he does a great job at summing up what many people may be going through and feeling in these challenging times. My wife and I both started self-isolating and working from home last Wednesday 18th March and from the first day (some better than others) we’ve managed to put a rough schedule and structure in place which has helped us adapt to the new situation.
I read this excerpt out loud to her:
It’s not an exaggeration to say that, for most people alive today, the experience of this pandemic and its far-reaching implications on almost every facet of daily life will be the most significant thing we live through. Even when it’s over the ways we live, where we work, how we travel and think about health and wellbeing will be refracted through what we are going through now. But we will always need a home, and among all the other more important lessons to be learnt from this, surely there is one about recognising our homes’ abilities to connect us to what we value most in our lives.
I too hope that when it’s all over we can re-evaluate what we took for granted before. One of the biggest shames would be if we didn’t learn from this experience.
His last sentence here is particularly poignant to us because we’ve felt very fortunate with the flat which we’ve lived in for the last few years and now that we’re in the process of looking for our new home, outside of London, we are reminded of the importance of finding one that continues to help ‘connect us to what we value most in our lives‘. This led us to start a list of those characteristics including: a garden and access to nature, a comfortable eating area, good natural light, sufficient storage space…
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