Throughout this whole ordeal I’ve been fairly vocal about mental health and quarantine. I believe that while this whole thing may be better for the physical health of us, it’s been detrimental to so many people’s mental health. Even people who don’t struggle with mental health issues are bound to be feeling the effects of…
Category: Expat Life
Late Night Thoughts on Anxiety
I couldn’t sleep last night. I stared into the darkness of the room. My eyes burning after crying for what felt like hours but was likely just thirty minutes. My mind was buzzing. I couldn’t turn it off no matter how hard I tried and though my eyelids were heavy with sleep, I couldn’t even…
Quarantine Check-in and What to do when you’ve finished the internet
It is sometimes easier to be happy if you don’t know everything. Alexander McCall Smith What’s your quarantine mantra? I took a photo of this quote on the wall in a hotel in Edinburgh and stumbled upon it while looking for travel photos to post to Instagram. It seemed appropriate at the time but it’s…
Just Keep Dancing
My Zumba teacher, with his trademark ginger beard and backwards black ball cap, grins and says “good job, keep it up!” His bright yellow shirt reads “Zumba saved me” and I couldn’t think of a more appropriate shirt for class these days. You see. We’re not sweating it out in a gym or rec hall,…
Roma: A photo blog
Hello from the farm! It occurred to me the other day that while I include photos in my blogs about the places I go, I don’t share nearly the amount of photos I take on my travels. Given that I won’t be traveling any time soon, I thought now was the perfect time to share…
Social Distancing: Traveling Through Movies
Hello socially distant friends! Here we are, the beginning of week three. Yesterday was a tough day for me but I’ve feeling more positive today. I am keeping myself busy with blogs, graphic design commissions, workouts and crafts. But of course, the backbone of this self-isolation period is television. Whether you watch cable, netflix, hulu,…
Mindful Sharing
One week of social distancing down… however many more to go. In all reality, it’s not so bad here in the UK. We are allowed to go out and walk in nature, some stores are still open, with limits in place, and we can still get food from restaurants as take out. And as I’ve…
A Socially Distant Birthday
Happy Birthday to Me and Happy Spring to you all! What a weird birthday this is. I’ve been a mess most days lately, but for some reason, I woke up feeling fairly positive today. I received many messages from loved ones near and far, we ordered me a sewing machine to keep me busy in…
Social Distancing and Anxiety
It’s been a long time since I accepted my brain and all it’s quirks. After years of therapy, my therapist helped me realize that I need to challenge my brain’s anxious thoughts and tell them they are wrong. She used to say to me, “FEAR is False Evidence Appearing Real” and that’s something I have…
A Socially Distant Expat
So here we are. Officially asked to socially distance ourselves from others to help reduce the spread of the Virus Which Shall Not Be Named (from here on out known only as VWSNBN). I had already planned on kind of self isolating in an attempt o stay healthy for my birthday this Friday, but for…
Fernweh Findings 