The #JMOdailies: 40 Uplifting Articles On My Quarantine Reading List

By Jennifer Morrison

My goal with the morning care package newsletters was to uplift my family and friends during the first 40 days of Quarantine. I was well aware of how much negative news was overwhelming all of us. Each morning I would search for an uplifting article as well as an encouraging health-related article to share with everyone. Here are the highlights from our Quarantine reading.

“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, 

a quickening, that is translated through you into action, 

and because there is only one of you in all of time, 

this expression is unique. And if you block it, 

it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost.”
 -Martha Graham

 

1. Why You Should Stop Being So Hard On Yourself
2. An Antidote to Helplessness and Disorientation: The Great Humanistic Philosopher and Psychologist Erich Fromm on Our Human Fragility as the Key to Our Survival and Our Sanity
3. Great Theater, Dance and Classical Music to Tune Into While Stuck at Home
4. Short Attention Span? All These Movies Are Under 90 Minutes
5. 20 Learning Apps For Stir-Crazy Kids
6. Tips From Someone With Nearly 50 Years Of Social Distancing Experience
7. 4 Bright Spots Amid The Gloom Of Coronavirus
8. How People Learn To Become Resilient
9. Why Talking About Our Problems Helps So Much (and How to Do It)
10. Lessons In Constructive Solitude From Thoreau
11. Feeling Scatterbrained? Here’s Why
12. William Eggleston’s color photos of the everyday were shocking for their banality
13. 13 Virtual Train Rides From Around the World That You Can Experience Right Now
14. Online learning: how to acquire new skills during lockdown
15. Artists Are Hunkered Down, but Still Nurturing Their Inner Visions
16. We Need Great Leadership Now, and Here’s What It Looks Like
17. Five Questions Productive People Ask Themselves to Stay Focused
18. FOMO Is Over. Give In to the Joy of Letting Go.
19. 9 tips to perfect your ‘working from home’ morning routine
20. Shop these brands offering special discounts for workers on the front lines of covid-19
21. How to Keep Your Home Free of Coronavirus Germs
22. Can Reading Make You Happier?
23. New York couple shout ‘I do’ as friend officiates wedding from his fourth-floor window
24. The Unexpected Joy of Repeat Experiences
25. Taking a bath isn’t just relaxing. It could also be good for your heart, study says
26. How to strengthen your immunity during the coronavirus pandemic. Part 1: Diet
27. I Spent a Year in Space, and I Have Tips on Isolation to Share
28. 4 Cups a Day: 4 Surprising Health Benefits of Drinking That Much Coffee
29. The Danger of Fast Carbs
30. How to Sew a Fabric Face Mask
31. Rest and Relaxation: Stay Awake, lullaby by Julia Summers
32. The Life-Changing Magic of Bullet Journaling
33. Time alone (chosen or not) can be a chance to hit the reset button
34. How to Manage Panic Attacks
35. Marie Kondo: Achieving calm through the art of organization
36. Productivity Is Not Working
37. How to keep coronavirus fears from affecting your mental health
38. 22 Free Workouts You Can Do at Home Right Now
39. How to Get Your Kids to Treat You Like Their Teacher
40. How Should You Stock Your Medicine Cabinet?

Wishing you lots of love and health.