self help

We’re in this together.

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Hey there.

You.

Yeah, you.

I know things are hard right now.

We’re in the middle of an actual pandemic. All that time spent watching Contagion, Outbreak, and fifty thousand other pandemic movies is finally paying off!

But if you’re home with your kiddos and you have to start facilitating distance learning AND you’re trying to work from home at the same time, you might be feeling like you’re in World War Z.

Ok, I have to admit. I’ve never watched any of those movies. They all give me the heebie-jeebies. Maybe that’s how you’re feeling right now too.

I want you to do one thing for me. Right now.

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Where is Thumbkin?: Fine Motor Skills

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Late last year I read an article that continues to stick with me.

A surgery professor in London noticed a trend in his students over the last decade:  a decrease in their fine motor skills.

With the refinement and widespread use of technology, people are spending more time playing games on their phones, watching tv, scrolling through social media, and less time writing by hand, building things by hand, and basically doing anything by hand.

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