The Most Important Thing I Learned in Quarantine
Giving my body some love is my number 1 priority.
My body turned 35 in 2020. My mind has been there for years, but my body had always felt younger.
I’ve had my issues with body dysmorphia and eating disorders, sure. There have also been tough times when I’ve been eating poorly and drinking too much, and that has definitely made me feel unbalanced in my body. In the past years, I’ve been able to leave a lot of my insecurities behind, but I’ve still been pretty obsessive at times about working out.
Sitting at my desk from March to October in 2020 changed everything.
COVID-19 made my body feel dysfunctional in a completely new way. Argentina, where I live, had a pretty brutal lockdown that lasted for months. Going outside wasn’t allowed, except for the grocery store or the pharmacy. I had also just started working as a freelance writer in January and, like many freelancers, taken on too many projects, cutting any personal time to a minimum. Then I started killing quarantine boredom by taking up smoking, years after I had quit, and eating ice cream and drinking beer.
Soon, my body started working differently. My neck started clicking, my hips popping and my muscles disappearing. I felt like I lost two inches of height because my…
