Day Three - CHOICES

Lockdown is not a choice. The decision has been made for all of New Zealand. However, reaction is a choice.

I choose to see the positive. On a global scale, the world has a break, both the ecosystems and environment, as well as the people.

On a local scale, pace is slowed, allowing time to relax into the new normal and space to use time differently. A reduction in huge daily mental load, thoughts are focussed on big picture and how to adjust and prepare for a changed world. I choose to observe, as though from a third party, my thoughts and feelings as they eb and flow.

I choose to get back to my sense of self and remember what it was that I loved as a kid, what ignited my passion. With renewed clarity, I can feel again and am looking forward to feeling the changes in my soul.

28 March - 451 coronavirus cases in New Zealand, 83 new cases, 2 in intensive care 

Day Two - HUNKER

Hibernating and hunkering down. Simplifying. Thinking.

Life slowed, mind racing, thoughts; too many of them. Pondered over, one morphing into another. Alone in headspace, some thoughts are confronting, they beg for a solution, play over, repeat and don’t let go. The others, glide magically, offer peace and contentment and a reflection on what was and what could be.

Simplifying life, redefining importance, letting go of irrelevance and surplus, leaving space for essence and a simple balance. Allowing time to deep breathe and let intuition and inner self shine.

Hunkering down, at home, a space I’ve crazily bowled through so many times before, all the time not seeing. It’s about perspective, some view it as a life sentence, I choose to see it as an opportunity, an opportunity to find the girl with the massive dreams that got lost in life. I am off to find me.

27 March -  368 coronavirus cases in New Zealand, 85 new cases, 1 in intensive care