Alright people don’t get excited, I’m not talking about ‘that’ swear word, I am of course referring to the ‘C’ Virus…. More on that in a sec….Firstly, I would like to thank you all for bearing with me whilst I had some time away from social media. I’ve had a bumpy month MH wise but I’m back and felt now was the right time for a new blog. I do believe the ‘C’ word in years to come will be treated the same as any swear word, or we’ll be saying ‘the virus that cannot be named’ in true Harry Potter style. Either way I’m sure you’ll all agree things are weird, scary, bizarre, unprecedented and nothing most of us have ever seen in our lifetimes. It’s sparked outrage, frustration, and uncertainty. Also though it’s a period of adapting to new things, working from home, not being able to freely purchase the things that we all took for granted, being stuck indoors, not being able to physically see vulnerable people, making meals from the remnants in the cupboard….I could go on. Change causes unsettlement and uncertainty. I think if we we’re all honest, we could say we’re all a bit out of sorts, regardless of how resilient to change we may be. I have this nagging ache in my neck and right shoulder, and this is normally where I carry my stress, the change and hype bothered me initially. I’ll openly admit I’ve had a selfish cry and whinge about the situation – particularly over the food situation. Food and eating for me hold deeply rooted issues, when things were as they were, I coped… just, but take that away and I feel like the control is out of my hands and thus I feel out of control. Importantly thought we’ve all lost something during this time, a holiday, freedom to do what we like, eat what we like etc. We are all going through the same thing in varying degrees. It was only a few weeks ago ‘be kind’ was bandied around and then we saw some people being selfish in the supermarkets. Lets bring back Be Kind!! Let’s be KMR - Kind, Mindful and Resilient – we are all in this situation together.
Facetime your friends and family, play games, pretend it’s Christmas, read that book you’ve always wanted to read, look up new recipes to cook when you’re cooking with limited ingredients or on a shoe string, cook for that neighbour on their own, listen to the radio, watch every box set on Netflix, learn a new skill from Youtube, get out for a walk, practice meditation, learn to sit in silence. Check in on your friends and family, help each other, love each other (not in that way, but let’s face it there will be a baby boom in 9 month time 😉) let’s just be resilient and carry on. Take the personal time to reset and recharge but get up and go again. That’s all we can do. If you want to see any content from me during this time or anytime for that matter, please feel free to drop me a message. Someone has already suggested covering self-isolation and the novelty wearing off being at home – so I’ll get on to that next. For now, stay safe.
Big Love N x 💚
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