Create a personal retreat (without leaving your house)

Have you ever felt like you want to disappear to a cabin somewhere and have your own personal retreat? I've felt a lot like that this year. If you're reading this, I know you can relate. The online and offline world in 2020 is overwhelmingly loud and the first 6 months felt way too stressful for me to handle alone. I felt like I couldn't cope and I was beginning to have tension headaches. There was nowhere I could go and escape it all. There was nowhere to go in lockdown (except Aldi), and it was affecting me massively.…

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Staying Social When Social Distancing

For those of you who maintain an active social life, staying inside away from everybody may be challenging for you. Where before you could visit friends or meet up for dinner, now you're instructed to stay indoors and only venture out for essential shopping or work. So, how do you stay connected during social distancing? Drawing on my own experience with my close friends and support networks, here is what can potentially work well for you: Whatsapp I'm in a few Whatsapp groups with different friendship circles, where the activity has certainly increased during this time. From saying good…