I'm gonna make it through this year

This Year, by the Mountain Goats

From the Corona Files

A Lockdown To-Do List

What comprises my day? The high-functioning Jane is gone, the one who could get a foot-long to-do list done in a day, the one used to doing three things at once. For example cross-stitching while watching TV—a foreign film with subtitles.

Now there’s no to-do list. There are no deadlines or dates. If I’m lucky there’s a Zoom on the schedule.

I’ve been reduced to the elemental, to sitting and staring out the window, drinking tea, and the occasional quarantine snack. My to-do list is made up of calling old friends, writing letters, baking bread. Reach out, be kind. And, if I do half of that, I’ve been highly productive.