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I was travelling in Greece in the first two weeks of March, and as the COVID-19 situation started unfolding globally, we made the decision to come home early, albeit by only one day, but we could sense the enormity of the situation.
I'm feeling very grateful for having completed this trip before the world shut down.
In terms of isolation, I have found solace in my home and my garden. I have spent time researching and cooking beautiful nutritious meals and flexing my baking muscle. I have exercised daily - either outside in the sunshine for a walk, or in the dark early mornings completing an online gym session in my loungeroom. I've also been thinking a lot about my future, and as a 61-year-old woman, I've decided that I am not going to work on into my late 60's as I always thought I would. I have enjoyed taking the time to check on many of my friends who are vulnerable, or lonely, or who just simply need pepping up, and I have found that I'm good at that - that I can lift people's spirits. My focus has shifted slightly.
Working from home has been a revelation to me in that I have found that the things that I always thought I would miss if I wasn't actually in the workplace every day - collegial conversation and company - haven't factored highly in my feelings at all. I find that I can live simply, happily, and with less anxiety having briefly been forced to "step off the treadmill".
I'm feeling very grateful for having completed this trip before the world shut down.
In terms of isolation, I have found solace in my home and my garden. I have spent time researching and cooking beautiful nutritious meals and flexing my baking muscle. I have exercised daily - either outside in the sunshine for a walk, or in the dark early mornings completing an online gym session in my loungeroom. I've also been thinking a lot about my future, and as a 61-year-old woman, I've decided that I am not going to work on into my late 60's as I always thought I would. I have enjoyed taking the time to check on many of my friends who are vulnerable, or lonely, or who just simply need pepping up, and I have found that I'm good at that - that I can lift people's spirits. My focus has shifted slightly.
Working from home has been a revelation to me in that I have found that the things that I always thought I would miss if I wasn't actually in the workplace every day - collegial conversation and company - haven't factored highly in my feelings at all. I find that I can live simply, happily, and with less anxiety having briefly been forced to "step off the treadmill".