Bobby Blanchard, assistant director of audience at the Texas Tribune, shared how he's taking care of himself during the pandemic:
"I don’t think I’ve done a very good job with this, but I’ll share the little advice I have: I try to go easy on myself. I let myself enjoy my guilty little pleasures (video games, a book in the hammock, my YouTube subscriptions). When I am not working, I do whatever it is that my gut wants to do — and nothing else. I take Slack, Gmail and sometimes Twitter off my phone on days off. People talk a lot about the Golden Rule — treat others as you would treat yourself — but the inverse needs to be true, too. So I try to be as kind and empathetic to myself as I would be to a best friend. I would never say to a friend, “wow you sucked at your job this week” — so it is unacceptable for me to speak to myself that way. I don’t always meet my own standard — imposter syndrome is a fickle beast — but I try. I always try. And right now — especially right now — I forgive myself for not being able to do more than try.”
