When you start cutting your lawn with scissors

[padding] [If you are unable to view this message correctly, click here]( [padding] [stuff header] [spacer] [padding] Hi {NAME}, I got a video from a friend this morning, who is waiting out the lockdown with her boyfriend in Waipu: “I’ve been watching this guy across the street cut his lawn with scissors for 20 minutes.” I relate to that man. I imagine [most Aucklanders can, after another week in lockdown.]( I haven’t done much in the way of gardening, save for attending to my small collection of [house plants more than is probably advisable.]( And I’ve already recategorised my entire wardrobe, as well as ordering everything by colour - so now what? If you’ve been feeling a little blah this week, it might help you to know there’s a word for that: languishing. It’s the feeling that comes in a period of stagnation, a kind of dulling of the senses and dwindling of drive. It might look like actually tuning into [Celebrity Treasure Island,]( or wanting to ignore more emails than usual. Psychologists say the best antidote is flow: finding a way to immerse yourself in new routines and projects, whether you are at alert level 4 or alert level 2. This weekend, I’m going to [plant some sunflower seeds]( that a friend dropped in my letterbox and attempt some of those cocktail recipes that I always bookmark, and then never return to. If you’re looking for some backyard inspo, keep scrolling, Mikaela [padding] [user profile pic] [padding] Mikaela Wilkes [padding] Homed Reporter [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][separator] [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][Homed]( [spacer] Heating for $1 a day [spacer] Kāinga Ora is about to walk the talk for sustainability with a pilot passive-designed social housing block offering warm, dry, healthy homes and low energy bills. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][Homed]( [spacer] 5 lockdowns, 9 flatties, 7 chickens [spacer] How a 'hippie commune' of Gen Z students and creatives have filled their lockdown - and their backyard. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] ADVERTISEMENT [padding] [spacer][placeholder]( [spacer] [padding] [spacer][Homed]( [spacer] Best house on The Block [spacer] For the first time ever, the judges have called it on The Block NZ, choosing the best house as teams finish up on site. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][hot take]( [spacer] $625K in 2014, $2.125M in 2021 [spacer] Rookie agent of the year sold this small 1960s house in Wānaka, with 22 registered bidders all wanting the spot with all the views. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] ADVERTISEMENT [padding] [Advertisement]( [spacer] ADVERTISEMENT [padding] [Advertisement]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][hot take]( [spacer] Access to his own garden [spacer] Is there a competition for best lockdown project? Because Dion Seeling would win it [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][Homed]( [spacer] Doggie separation anxiety [spacer] If you’re returning to work at level 2, watch out for the signs of stress and separation anxiety in your pets. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [padding] [spacer][Support Stuff]( [spacer] [padding] Enjoying this email? [Check out Stuff's other daily and weekly newsletters.]( [spacer] # [padding] [spacer] [padding] Discover more at [spacer] [stuff logo] [spacer] [www.stuff.co.nz/homed](#) [padding] [spacer][footer bar] [padding] [spacer] You are receving this email because you are a opted in to receive the Stuff Homed Newsletter [Unsubscribe]( [Manage your profile]( [Privacy Policy]( Did a friend forward you this email? [Sign up to get the Stuff Homed newsletter in your inbox]( Stuff, 4 Williamson Ave, Ponsonby, Auckland, 1021, New Zealand [spacer] [padding]