All of this means, that while we stay home and self-isolate, lying on the sofa and watching TV will form only a part of how we pass the time. We might think it is fun to laze around for a few weeks, but in fact it will drive us to distraction. Enforced and extended rest, unless we are ill and our bodies demand it, leads not to feelings of being relaxed but of restlessness and irritability. We need to find ways during lockdown to replicate as far as we can the rhythms and sense of balance we achieve, at our best, in ordinary life.