One of my favourite quotes from literature is from Toni Morrison's Beloved: "you are your best thing". It's an important reminder to love and cherish yourself, even in some of your darkest and most difficult times. And that's what today's short post is about. If the lockdown has taught me one thing, it's that sitting [...]
In the last couple of days, I've been listening to the radio, where people have been writing letters to explain the current pandemic and lockdown to their 10 year old selves. It's inspired me to reflect on what we've been through over the past few months, and how it's affected me personally. But instead of [...]
As if 2020 has gone by in a state of lockdown and we are already in July. How has this happened? Since I'm still working four day weeks and I've had to take all of my annual leave on top of that, I have had a lot of time on my hands to do not [...]
I'll be honest, I've really struggled to come up with anything to say to start off this blog. It just feels like we've been in lockdown for so long that there's nothing new to say; everything is the same every single day. But even though the writer's block is hitting me kind of hard, the [...]
It's cheesy but it's true. Most people know now, that when it comes to mental health, it's so valuable to talk about your experiences and it can be the first and often the most important step in recovery. But what's less often acknowledged is the effect that speaking up can have on others. I've been [...]
... because I like plants now. Like a lot of people, I've been thinking of ways to keep myself occupied during the lockdown, and it's been an eye-opener finding out what I am, and am not, good at. I am not good at crocheting. I am good at growing things. A few minor seedling deaths [...]
So, I'm not going to lie: apart from the physical books, sunburn is the only evidence of my reading this month. But sunburn aside (it's turning into tan now anyway), it's been a bumper book month, mostly because of my newly free Fridays. It's also a month that I've just realised is also dedicated to [...]
No, this is not a Jack Black movie. I am stealing the title though, as it seems pretty apt for the "unprecedented times" we are living through. Since the lockdown started, about a million years ago, the word kindness has taken on a whole new meaning. But the meaning has not, in many cases, translated [...]
Like many people, my lockdown started with a list of things I wanted to achieve. With so much extra time to kill, now that commuting, leaving the house, etc, etc is no longer a thing, the last couple of months have provided us all with a perfect opportunity to do stuff we wouldn't normally do. [...]
Who would have thought that when our offices closed in March, we would be working from home for this long? The reality is, we in the UK have been on lockdown for just under 2 months now, and for other countries it's been significantly longer. When I was told my office was closing I was [...]
