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The Day Life Went Haywire and Quarantine Broke Me

Schedule a nooner and drink more, if you have to.

Nicole Akers
4 min readMay 13, 2020
Photo by Elina Krima from Pexels

Who needs an I don’t give a fuck moment?

You do!

Because those of us who seem to have our act together break too. You need to know you are not alone.

In a given workweek, you’re spending about three hours of quality family time together if you’re a typical American family. The same study, by Visit Anaheim, suggests you spend just as much family time on the weekend as you do the whole rest of the week — three more hours.

But, that’s normal life, and nothing is “normal.” The “new normal” everyone says is coming will be here someday, but it’s not here now.

Someone big and pretentious warned me not to do this.

Keep it together.

Stay classy.

Whatever you do, don’t rant.

I’m doing it anyway. Because if I need to rant this badly, I’m positive you need to let it go too. Not Elsa, Frozen fans, just your feelings. Let them go.

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Nicole Akers
Nicole Akers

Written by Nicole Akers

Teacher | Happy Mom of 2 brings amazing tips on parenting, learning, & lifestyle | 🐶 Mom | Bestselling Author | Founder of Publishous. Keep that smile.

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