{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Soft Sensibilities","provider_url":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog","author_name":"Kimberly","author_url":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/author\/kimberlypearl-92gmail-com\/","title":"Quarantine Reading: One Book a Day (Week 1) &#8226; Soft Sensibilities","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ZEOvWgvdmS\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/distancing-diaries-one-book-a-day-week-1\/\">Quarantine Reading: One Book a Day (Week 1)<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/distancing-diaries-one-book-a-day-week-1\/embed\/#?secret=ZEOvWgvdmS\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Quarantine Reading: One Book a Day (Week 1)&#8221; &#8212; Soft Sensibilities\" data-secret=\"ZEOvWgvdmS\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"I gave myself permission to just be during the first few days of self-quarantine. If I were a more glamorous woman\u2014or perhaps, just a better woman\u2014this would&#8217;ve involved early mornings, stretching, meditating, and sweating (in a pastel Outdoor Voices co-ord, no less) before dressing up in a proper suit to sit at my desk, in my home office, to work from home. Upholding discipline of the highest form would be no different than breathing, and a need to perform secretive, un-Instagrammable things (or SSBs, dubbed by Carrie Bradshaw in a pre-social media age) simply wouldn&#8217;t exist. Instead, my deepest, truest desires were nothing close to that of an exemplary, dream self. Slothfulness was what I embodied, because three days prior, 15-hour work days were my norm; now I had the liberty\u2014the luxury!\u2014of lounging. And as a newfound lady of leisure, I did the absolute least. Snacked the most. Watched just enough Bravo to silence the constant urge to make to-do lists. Needless to say, none of these moments made it to the grid, much less my Stories. By Monday, I had enough. (Of the TV, not the snacking.) I needed to do something more that didn&#8217;t require physical exertion. The&hellip;","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/books-to-read-during-COVID-19-self-isolation.jpg"}