{"id":1743,"date":"2020-04-16T21:49:17","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T21:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resources.velox-global.com\/?p=1743"},"modified":"2022-04-20T23:18:18","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T23:18:18","slug":"homeostasis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.velox-global.com\/index.php\/homeostasis\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeostasis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

by Walter Peczon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Homeostasis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t want to get the COVID so now I homeostasis. It\u2019s like a bad movie out there, but as long as I practice good homeostasis things will be alright. Maybe this new meaning of the term will help us achieve greater equilibrium between the interdependent elements of our professional and personal lives. So here are some lessons I\u2019ve learned from my third week of homeostasis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWork from Home Dad\u201d and \u201cHome Dad\u201d are two different\npeople.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kids have no idea you have an alter ego and professional career outside of the home. To them, you are always \u201cJust Dad\u201d. When you work from home, they will not respect your need for privacy when you\u2019re on that important conference call. How many of you have been embarrassed on a Skype call when your kid passes in the background wearing only their underwear?  Set limits. Change out of your pajamas every morning and enter \u201cWFH Dad Mode.\u201d Let them know that from this hour to this hour you are no longer \u201cHome Dad\u201d but are someone different. Even better, lock yourself in another bedroom or spare garage so they cannot see or hear you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t watch TV.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m so done with news reports of COVID case statistics, mortality rates, and estimates of \u201cflattening the curve\u201d. How many experts need to tell me to wash my hands, wear my mask, don\u2019t touch my face, distance from others, and stay at home? Running the TV in the background does nothing but spread the panic. Light some candles and turn on the music. Maybe your kids will respect your fondness of The Ramones and The Rolling Stones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be nice to each other.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will not run out of food in this country. There is no need to buy what you don\u2019t need for more than the next few days. It sends a bad message to your neighbors when they see your grocery cart loaded with tons of meat, eggs, water, and TP.  Relax – don\u2019t let them think you\u2019re selfless, greedy, and panicked. A friend of mine who lives near my hometown in Western Massachusetts tells me her small town has banded together. They share eggs, goats, and chickens throughout their small community. The other day her neighbor backed into her driveway with a pick-up truck loaded with fruits and vegetables to give away to anyone passing by. This is how small communities survive, and we should all learn from this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m hopeful I can once again commute to my beautiful office\nby sometime this summer, and I miss my morning visits to Starbucks. But as Yogi\nsaid, \u201cThe future ain\u2019t what it used to be.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Walter Peczon Homeostasis I don\u2019t want to get the COVID so now I homeostasis. It\u2019s like a bad movie out there, but as long as I practice good homeostasis things will be alright. Maybe this new meaning of the term will help us achieve greater equilibrium between the interdependent elements of our professional and personal lives. So […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1748,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/resources.velox-global.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/man-sitting-on-green-chair-while-using-laptop-374831.jpg?fit=5520%2C3680&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8AEHO-s7","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.velox-global.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1743"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.velox-global.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.velox-global.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.velox-global.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.velox-global.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1743"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/resources.velox-global.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1752,"href":"https:\/\/resources.velox-global.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1743\/revisions\/1752"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.velox-global.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.velox-global.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.velox-global.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.velox-global.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}