First world problems in a Covid world
Back working from home as a result of a lot of rain and a small spike in Covid cases locally. In reality, what this looks like: Me getting some shitty flu like symptoms, having a day time sleep for the first time in ages and rocking up for a 3rd Covid test in the space…
Grant Imahara died today. I won’t pretend to know everything he’d done or been a part of as an engineer, presenter, builder etc. But I do know that him and the rest of the Mythbusters crew have been a steady and comforting hand during a long period of recovery in my life. As someone with…
And so another week starts of being a cross between Mr Freeze and Jesse Pinkman – stuck in a caravan but freezing cold. On the plus side I have managed to snag a tiny plug-in heater so my feet are warm. Today’s a weird day. I have all of the thoughts but none of the…
“Morning.” “How ya goin?” “Good thanks, you?” “Good thanks. Cold isn’t it?” “Yeah, bit fresh.” “…” “Was there a frost at your place this morning?” “Yep. You?” “Little bit.” “Yep, bit fresh.” “…” “…”
The problem with anxiety is that you can be merrily going along in your day humming some unrecognisable 80’s electro track in your head and then… BLAM! You remember the time you accidentally picked up the wrong can in the bathroom and sprayed shaving foam into your armpit instead of deodorant.
Nothing reminds you that you are a quivering sack of anxious energy bouncing around the planet more than a barista who yells out “Weak Mocha with 2!” in the middle of a relatively full cafe. Yes, I am sensitive to caffeine and I needed a pick me up through the day due to a lack…
I don’t get self congratulatory very often but today I stepped off the ledge and did something that I genuinely don’t like doing – public speaking. I guess that’s true of most people but whenever I have an audience of more than 1, I go from sensible, knowledgeable and in control to a weird British-Aussie…
Today is one of those days where I have a lot of work to do. Today is one of those days where I have very little energy to do said work Today is the type of day where I’m going to read each sentence about 57 times to make sure it makes sense. Today can,…
I’m tired and I’m sad. It’s been a trying few days. Generally I stay away from talking about things in the news. My voice adds nothing to the conversations and I do what I can day to day to fight the injustices of the world without trying to preach to others about what I try…
One of the best things about inconvenience is that it is a stellar opportunity to check in with my old friend, anxiety. Whilst I am, by nature, an anxious frog I find myself content with the level of stress I now experience when doing day to day tasks compared to days gone by. It’s an…