Even though this summer was completely unexpected, it’s brought me back to a lot of summer memories growing up. And in turn, it’s given me a lot of time to reflect and appreciate the places I grew up around. Personal reflection has been such a big part of the past few months and heading into September means a season of change. The entirety of Spring was spent in lockdown and Summer allowed slow re-openings to occur
I found myself coming to the conclusion of what’s-the-point so often and quickly that I allowed myself to just coast. This is when reassessment and reevaluation began. I started going through my values again, reconfiguring my goals to fit an ever changing lifestyle and taking care of my body in different ways because of this pandemic (easier said than done be patient with yourself!)
I’ve gone from moving to Toronto in September to putting my move off indefinitely. I went from a contract that I adored to coming back home and feeling defeated. But in the words of Dr. Bonnie Henry “this is not forever, it is only temporary.” And with that, let’s get to 3 stand out things that have helped my mind and body during quarantine
