To our clients, friends, and colleagues,

We hope you and your family are doing well and staying healthy.  At Fitzgerald Esplin Advertising (FEA) we are adhering to the state-mandated and CDC guidelines by taking the necessary health precautions and working remotely to avoid spreading any potential germs and viruses. 

During the time, rest assured, we will work to continue to provide the same high level of service excellence to our customers. We will conduct our meetings via teleconference instead of in-person and are accessible via email and phone.  Feel free to call me directly on my cell, 215-801-7676.

This may be a good opportunity for many people while you have the extra time to review information to have FEA update your company’s print materials, website as well as other needs (tradeshow materials, rebranding, posts, etc.)  Let us know how we can help you and turn lemons into much-needed lemonade. 

Below please find a top ten list (from USA Today’s list of 100) of great ideas to pass the time while stuck inside. 

1. Complete a puzzle: The more pieces the better! Feeling extra saucy? Take on a Rubik’s Cube. More of a word person? Crossword puzzle! Words with Friends! (I’m Joannepesplin)
2. Start a journal or blog. Sure, it can be about the coronavirus, but it could also be about a specific interest from chess to cheese.
3. If it won’t bother your neighbors: Dust off that old instrument and practice.
4. Text all your exes just in case you have one more thing you wanted to get off your chest.
5. Write some poetry. Perhaps you can craft a haiku for Mother’s Day or something without a specific structure. Just try it!
6. Watch all the really long movies you’ve avoided until now.
7. Download Duolingo, or a similar app, and teach yourself a foreign language.
8. Finally read “Infinite Jest,” “Les Miserables” or even “The Stand.” Go all in and read “Ulysses.” You got this.
9. Meditate. Try lying down with your eyes closed, palms up and while focusing on your breath. Or spend 20 minutes sitting crosslegged and repeat a soothing word to yourself in your head. (The latter is more like transcendental meditation.)
10. Write actual letters to family and friends. After that? Write thank-you notes to service people who you remember went out of their way for you.

Click here for more of USA Today’s list of 100 things to do while stuck inside due to the pandemic.

Be Safe, Stay Healthy.

Joanne Esplin
Fitzgerald Esplin Advertising