Social Distancing Doesn't Mean Social Isolation
Several years ago, at a particularly difficult time in my life, a friend recommended that I make a list of everybody who had made me feel special or loved in my life, even those I no longer spoke to. She told me to write a letter of gratitude to each of those people, so everyday for a month I wrote thank you cards - some long letters and others short little notes as simple as "thank you for lunch that one day." This exercise made me realize I wasn't as alone as I felt, and I