My name is Will DeFries and this is the Sunday Scariest Podcast, your cure for the Sunday Blues.

Since before I even recorded the first episode of this podcast, I had one intention.

I wanted it to be an escape.

An escape from you looking ahead to a Monday you've been avoiding all weekend.

An escape from a family argument that occupied a lot of your emotional energy.

Hell, even an escape from a playlist that you've been listening to every day on your way to work.

And while we'd need an escape more than ever right now, I'd be remiss if I didn't use this platform

to stress the importance of self-quarantining social distancing during the outbreak we're all facing.

Now more than ever our personal and professional lives are going to feel a little uncomfortable.

We've had a departure from our norm and it's something we all feel on some level.

But even now we're not doing enough. We need to each have an understanding of our role

and it'll be one of the simplest roles we ever play in our lifetimes. Stay home,

maintain your distance when you're forced to be in public and wash your hands.

While we all try to stay safe from the comfort of our own homes, there's a bigger problem at hand.

Play your part and encourage others to do so too.

While organizing for this week's episode, I have to admit that I wasn't exactly inspired.

I saw a tweet the other night that said,

it's okay to not feel creative right now.

It struck a chord simply because it was something I was feeling but not something I had yet

to admit to myself. There's somewhat of a social pressure to make the best of the situation at hand.

And while I like to encourage you all to do so, I'm also completely understanding that some things

just aren't made to have the best made out of them. Particularly global pandemics.

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