{"id":20428,"date":"2020-03-26T23:36:28","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T03:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/?p=20428"},"modified":"2020-03-26T23:36:28","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T03:36:28","slug":"covid-19-solo-diary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/covid-19-solo-diary\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Solo Diary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iWt3D3uoo_I?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"36-Solo Covid 19 Diary\" width=\"100%\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/widget\/iframe\/?feed=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2FTraceyArial%2F36-solo-covid-19-diary%2F&amp;hide_cover=1\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is a diary episode of what I am experiencing during the COVID-19 pandemic. I don&#8217;t mention worry, but it&#8217;s there, as is uncertainty. When I recorded this, I hadn&#8217;t checked recent stats but we actually now have 1,629 cases of COVID-19 in Quebec, with most of those in Montreal where I live. I&#8217;m trying to adopt a positive mindset, get enough sleep, eat well and build good habits. How are you coping?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a diary episode of what I am experiencing during the COVID-19 pandemic. I don&#8217;t mention worry, but it&#8217;s there, as is uncertainty. When I recorded this, I hadn&#8217;t checked recent stats but we actually now have 1,629 cases of COVID-19 in Quebec, with most of those in Montreal where I live. I&#8217;m trying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"0","tag":"0","restrict_content":"0"},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[30,1028,893],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canada","category-creative-entrepreneur-adventures","category-unapologetically-canadian","post_format-post-format-video","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2buQs-5ju","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18333,"url":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/canadian-centre-great-war\/","url_meta":{"origin":20428,"position":0},"title":"Canadian Centre for the Great War","author":"Tracey Arial","date":"November 10, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"On the 4th of November, the Galerie Gora hosted an unusual art display of a dozen Belle \u00c9poque posters from the First World War. 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