63 days ago I moved house during very uncertain times both personally and globally. Into a new fab little condo in Penang and even though the 3 ring shit show circus had rolled into Fotinitown…
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From 4 billion people at home around the world, we have got it down to about 2.4 billion. Winning. Of course, each day brings changes and adaptations, confusion, frustration, relief, disappointment, sadness, resignation, negotiations and eventual half-hearted acceptance
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Take a ride on the coronacoaster - where in the beginning, it's like a retreat - by Day 50 you are climbing walls and it becomes a form of punishment and you need to social distance from yourself.
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Lady Gaga said " social media is the toilet of the internet " and I have to agree. Just like anything we participate in - it is all about mindful consumption, keeping it real and having boundaries.
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There hasn't been enough incense, cacao or coconut oil on Earth to calm down some keyboard theorists
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For those of us who are expats looking in from other parts of the world - we all shake our heads and say 'you actually are not even in a lockdown yet - so why is this so hard to manage or understand?'
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For those around the world that are doing the same as me ( no not you Australia ) you well know that there is nothing quite like seeing the finishing line in sight and then they move it back another 10 000m - repeatedly. It is a mind-bender.
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It has taken 35 days of isolation alone in an apartment that I had just moved into - with 5 books and no access to outside amenities anymore - to formulate a basic routine and a mental pattern that works for me.
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At the time we thought - this is about as bad as it will get - a nagging feeling that it was probably not a good idea to bounce around Asia over the coming months.
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What is the worst thing that can happen right now? You actually feel something beyond your comfort zone. That is actually the lesson here. And it may be the only lesson you get out of this.
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Another day - another iso extension.
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To be with self - wholly and with no judgement is the only way to get through this somehow sane and intact. Everyone does it differently of course - some meditate - others pray - some chant - some process with words - or some, like me, do all of the above and more.
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For a person that travels a fair bit (OK a lot) and spends large amounts of time in airports, on the move or bouncing from one place to the next - this has been the hardest thing to come to terms with by far. Staying the hell still. And this is being still on steroids.
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Women are now left staring at themselves. In all their unpolished glory and wondering - now what? Looks like we all have to just look into a mirror and start liking ourselves as is. We won’t have a choice.
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It usually starts in the fear zone and for many it stays there permanently, never to be shifted.
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The sound of that cough was like a dry deathly rattle and you meditate for an hour just so you don't have to hear it in your head anymore.
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It's April Fools Day tomorrow and this is just a big joke yeh? Surely. I will wake up and be able to just go about my business. Shops will open - I will see people I know again - airports will operate - my life will resume. But it's not. It is not a joke.
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Anyone can be a princess - but a rare few are true queens. The women in my life wear their crowns proudly.
I learn most of my life lessons from them.
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