Bucket List For After Social Distancing

Front Porch Coffee Chat on April, 24, 2020

Hi there, and welcome to this edition of Front Porch Coffee Chat! As for me, this has been a pretty uneventful week. I’m still staying at home and practicing social distancing. I have been daydreaming about when we can start moving about more freely and the new normal. I started making a social distancing bucket list of things to do after the shutdown. So anyway,  grab your coffee or favorite drink cup and join me here on the porch as we catch up on things.

Bucket List For After Social Distancing

As I said, I’ve been daydreaming about getting out of the house and moving around more. At the end of every year, I make a list of intentions for the coming year. Previously, I have written posts about setting intentions before, and you can read about it here. Unfortunately, it feels like 2020 ended in March. Now, it appears that we may be starting afresh with a new normal at some time in May. So it only seems natural for me to start my bucket list for after social distancing.

Making A Bucket List of Intentions

As I think about a bucket list after this period of social distancing, I feel much more serious than ever before. Now, life is not so much about frivolous thoughts and desires. It’s about how I can contribute to my community.

Here’s a peek at my bucket list!

1. Shopping and buy local – By shopping at my local stores, I am helping small businesses in my area.
2. Support small businesses – I intend to support small business online whenever it’s appropriate.
3. Intend to wait and shop my neighborhood big box stores for items on my wishlist instead of ordering online. Because I want to see these stores stay open in my community.
4. An appointment with my hairdresser is tops on my list!
5. I am going to visit my favorite local boutique. 
6. Dining out once a week.
7. Get carry out once a week.
8. I am scheduling home maintenance projects. Such as carpet cleaned, patio, and sidewalks power washed.
9. Visiting my local garden nursery. Scheduling mulch delivery for the shrub beds and buying some potting plants and herbs for my pot garden.
10. I will have my dogs groomed.
11. When the time is right, I am going to go to the gym.
12. Visit the new nail salon in the neighborhood, which opened the week of our stay at home started.
13. I will have coffee and lunches with my friends.
14. Go to the beach.
15. I intend to work at being as healthy as possible.

Waiting for the right time after social distancing.

Now, I know that the opening of businesses will be a timely manner. And I want to make it clear that I am not going to go rushing out and doing all these things as soon as possible. But, I do know what I want to accomplish and do when things are back to the new normal.

It’s amazing how different the bucket list has become in the past couple of months? Our lives have become much simpler. Thus, our list of intentions has become much simpler.

Intermittent Fasting – Update

At the top of my list of intentions is to be healthy and live a healthy lifestyle. This past week I started back on the Lean program of intermittent fasting and carb cycling with Amanda Nighbert. And, I am happy to report that all is going well. My cravings for sugar have subsided and I do believe that my allergies are not as intense. Now, I am working out every day and feeling more energy. If you like, you can read the entire post here.

Interested in joining the program? Click here and don’t forget to use the code RDBF02

Orchid In Bloom

Alas, after waiting 3 years my Easter orchid from 2017 has finally bloomed! I have so enjoyed watching it everyday as a new bloom opens. And today is the day that’s it’s in full bloom. The buds started appearing back in March when we started our stay at home practice. I’m seeing the completion of the blooming a very good sign of the times.!

This Week’s Shopping Find

Some Really Unique Coffee Mugs

As I was browsing online, I can across a few really cute coffee mugs. Collecting coffee mugs is a thing at our house. I always try to find a cool one as a souverniner when we travel. And I also like to have them on hand for my gift closet.

Video Of Today’s Coffee Chat

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Lastly, I am so happy to have you join me here on Front Porch Coffee Chat today! Now it’s your turn. Have you been thinking about a bucket list of activities for after social distancing too! I’d love to hear your thoughts and plans on your after quarantine bucket list. Just leave them in the comment section below and we will continue our little chat session!

Until next time!

Rosemary

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