This week we crossed the milestone of fifty consecutive days of shelter-in-place. This was also the Lawyers' Wellbeing week.
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Day 50--Day 2 of week 8
Today (May 5) is the 50th day of shelter-in-place! If I didn't journal, no way I could have remembered that! Today is also Giving Tuesday--a part of the global generosity movement! I hope you have considered opening your hearts and wallets today for a COVID-related cause or some other cause that you care about in general.
One great thing about this pandemic is that it has really brought out the kindness in many people who realized their privilege vis-a-vis the less fortunate. That realization prompted many to spring into charitable action, either by volunteering, or contributing monetarily or otherwise. But at the same time please be cognizant of "compassion fatigue," which is defined as "indifference to charitable appeals on behalf of those who are suffering, experienced as a result of the frequency or number of such appeals." We need to preserve our positive energy and purse for the future too, because the world will continue to need our compassion even after the pandemic is over.
One great thing about this pandemic is that it has really brought out the kindness in many people who realized their privilege vis-a-vis the less fortunate. That realization prompted many to spring into charitable action, either by volunteering, or contributing monetarily or otherwise. But at the same time please be cognizant of "compassion fatigue," which is defined as "indifference to charitable appeals on behalf of those who are suffering, experienced as a result of the frequency or number of such appeals." We need to preserve our positive energy and purse for the future too, because the world will continue to need our compassion even after the pandemic is over.
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Day 53--Day 5 of week 8
May 4-8, 2020 is the lawyer well-being week. Our firm has been sending great TED talks, reading materials and educational videos every day of the week. Liked today's suggested video a lot, so sharing here for others to enjoy.
At the time mark 6:15 min of this 15 minute video, learned something that made me smile ear-to-ear. The word "metta" (https://thebuddhistcentre.com/te…/loving-kindness-meditation) is phonetically so close to my nickname "Mita" and even closer to what my engineering friends call me: "Meta" (inspired by Metadata, phonetically invoking "Mita Datta").
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6KrOi_Ohhs
At the time mark 6:15 min of this 15 minute video, learned something that made me smile ear-to-ear. The word "metta" (https://thebuddhistcentre.com/te…/loving-kindness-meditation) is phonetically so close to my nickname "Mita" and even closer to what my engineering friends call me: "Meta" (inspired by Metadata, phonetically invoking "Mita Datta").
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6KrOi_Ohhs
Also liked another TED talk shared earlier this week that focused on dopamine--the happiness hormone-that trains your brain to focus on the positive than the negative, and that unlocks the capabilities of better decision-making and creative solution-finding that are already there in your brain.
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Day 55--Day 7 of week 8
Today, May 10 (Sunday) is Mother's Day. And finally it felt like an almost normal weekend! In between breakfast, lunch and dinner with family (cooked and arranged lovingly by the junior and senior), I could fit in some social activity with friends. Played tennis early in the morning with another mom, and it felt so good to touch the racquet after two months! And in the afternoon, a bunch of us gathered in Milpitas to show solidarity to fellow-tennis-mom Renisa Satrijo's ice cream shop Sugar Mama Desserts (https://www.facebook.com/sugarmamadesserts1/), which opened this weekend after the county-mandated closure. While we appreciate that running a small business while maintaining all the social distancing protocol is challenging, I was glad to see some signs of life all around the Bay area as I drove on the highway for the first time after March 16. And with Santa Clara County's new COVID cases remaining consistently low, may be we are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel!
And my favorite art news this week was graphic artist Banksy redefined superhero in a sketch that he donated to a hospital in England.
And did I mention that I recorded my first ever karaoke song at the request of my childhood schoolmates and positively instigated to action by my brother and sister-in-law? This is one part of the lockdown that I don't mind at all---I am way more open to experiment with skills that I gave up on the road to "adulting."
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