We’ve all been in our houses for 100 years now. Just like Sleeping Beauty, we are waiting for the magical kiss (vaccine?) that unlocks the spell and sets us free again. Being stuck in our house can also lead us to being stuck in our heads. Not always the best thing.

We’ve been together (or alone) for so long now that we begin ignoring the things right in front of our faces. This morning, I was so fixated on emptying and reloading the dishwasher, that I completely blocked out my son who was talking to me. I get so absorbed in work projects that I don’t spend time with my husband. I am finding myself halfway up the stairs and forgetting what I was going to do.

This chapter is hard. We are multitasking every minute of the day. Many of us are simultaneously employees, parents, teachers, chefs, housekeepers, and accountants. We are managing the emotions of those around us while holding the door shut against our own. Because we are in survival mode.

But what do we want to come out of this time with memories of? Completed work projects or family board game night? A clean countertop, or time spent outside, soaking up the sunshine and spotting monarch butterflies? Being depressed about what has been lost, or developing a new hobby?

Take a few minutes today to do a mental inventory of what your true priorities are right now. Do your actions line up? Or are you losing the Forest for the trees?