On a cool Saturday afternoon in what used to be a great country, in a city that was once at the heartbeat of fire, I was cleaning an oven. Cleaning is a clever disguise for[…]
Tag: Pandemic
Lockdown observation: things we found in the breakup
In the past two years of this pandemic (wow, it’s been two years) there’s been so much losing not just of lives but losing of ourselves in moments and in relationships. Our hearts keep breaking,[…]
#WorldMentalHealthDay: show yourself some grace
I woke up this morning and was reminded that today is World Mental Health Day. I have been thinking about this for a few weeks, what it means, not just a day for our mental[…]
Lockdown observation: there is nothing broken that cannot be mended
What a wild few weeks. Actually, what a wild time, I feel I keep saying that, every week it’s something new. It’s something that makes me take a step back or sucker punches me. Every[…]
Lockdown observation: ‘no one can make you feel inferior without your consent’
Eleanor Roosevelt once said that “no one can make you feel inferior without your consent”. In the last six to seven months I have been reflecting on that statement. It is a statement worth repeating[…]
Lockdown observation: sitting shiva & saying I got you
There is an episode of Grey’s Anatomy, the one where Denny dies and Izzie is distraught. She ends up on the bathroom floor unable to move. She won’t take off her dress and she feels[…]
Lockdown observation: we are all Lars and the real girl
One of my favourite Ryan Gosling movies is Lars and the real girl, I think about it a lot. I frequently find myself drifting towards it when I am not sure what to watch in[…]
Lockdown observation: a world filled with ennui
I woke up this morning filled with the world’s largest dose of ennui. Naturally this prompted me to begin thinking about the relentless entropy that is life. To truly lay in the drama of my[…]
Lockdown observation: bed rest, social anxieties and mental renters
I have been on bed rest for the last two weeks, my bedrest was accompanied by some very strong pain medications to manage the pain I was in. Though very helpful, the meds, I am[…]
Lockdown observation: a note on ambition
If the pandemic hadn’t happened, I probably would never have quit my job. I would have been happy doing what I was doing, traveling and nothing would be wrong. I would have been comfortable and[…]