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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Look for sunshiny yellow, a happy husband and wife team working the pans and a tiny menu. Beat the noodle obsessed queues and come early before they sell out.
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