Talk About Surreal

Wow… I’m not really where to start with this one.  I feel as I guess many of you do that everything right now is a bit surreal.  Feeling as if you are part of some horror movie or you are just waiting for someone to jump out and shout. “surprise it was just a joke”.

The thing is our lives now will never be the same.  Today’s post in part is about also how to make the most of Covid-19 Self-Isolation plus my rantings.

Watching what is happening in Europe and the escalation of it I’m convinced it will get to the stage where we will all lose someone that we know.  Personally, I feel we should have been put on lockdown 7 or 8 weeks ago.  But now is not the time to point fingers now is the time to pull together and become the community that has been seriously lacking in this country for too many years.

I remember growing up as a child everyone knew everyone.  Everyone was an “aunt” or an “uncle” even though they weren’t.  People would watch out for each other; fetch peoples washing in when it rained.

The shopkeepers knew my grandmother by name.  The butcher would put aside bits that he knew she would like.  It was a real community.  You felt safe going outside.  It was safe to let your kids go to the park on their own.  We would go out on our pushbikes all the time and only come back when the street lights came on.

This lack of community really needs to stop now; this is our opportunity to pull it back.  Be kind not just to our family and friends but to everyone.  War, famine, poverty, there is no need for any of this to exist.  Not if we all work for the common good.

Baby formula selling for £300 what the fuck is going on in people’s heads just fucking stop it!  Be kind.  Do you really need 200 toilet rolls? Be kind.  Do you really need 10 bottles of anti-bacterial gel? Be kind.  Do you really need to buy every single loaf of bread on the shelf?  Be kind.  For god’s sake, people be kind!

What is the name of your next-door neighbour?  What are the names of the kids you see playing across the road?  How many people on your street do you actually stop and talk to?  I’m just as guilty of this somehow we have all managed to become something or someone that doesn’t rest easy with me.  We can change this now; we can do things right.  Not just for us but everyone else.

These are scary times.  People who struggle with anxiety and depression will be going through hell right now and so will many more.  These are people who don’t usually struggle with their emotions.  People are losing their jobs.  My daughter was made redundant last Friday because of the virus.  Other people are losing their jobs, their businesses including myself.  I have not had a client for weeks.

I have just set up a “not for profit” limited by guarantee community interest company.  This was so that I can provide free complementary therapies to people in an emotional crisis and on a low income.  If you want to follow my progress with the CIC please visit my webpage here and I will be updating it.

There has never been such a time that needs it more than right now yet there is nothing I can do.  I am unable to raise funds.  The profit from private clients was going to provide free treatment but without clients, there is nothing I can do.

Due to underlying conditions, I am now in self-isolation.  The easy way to react is; now what?   Try and utilise the time the best you can, decorate, clean, tidy, garden, take up new hobbies, paint, draw, sew, crochet the list is endless.

When your grandchild turns around to you in 20 years time and say. “Grandad what did you do during the virus – be the person that said I helped my neighbours not I went to the supermarket so buy 200 toilet rolls.

Try not to put people at risk; don’t think that maybe you just have a cold.  It’s not worth it and you could pass it on or just be a carrier.  Don’t take the risk.  I’m not going to the supermarkets I can’t help but think of the sneeze covered hands on the trolly handle but that’s just me.

I’m lucky I have quite a few Exante sachets and bars left which I’m more than happy to live on.  A good time to diet; there’s always a silver cloud of some sort.  I’m also not going to the shops to get tempted by all the chocolate or “comfort food” as I see it.   So for me there’s never been a better time and if you decide to do the same and do shop online use my code TRACEY35 and you will get 35% off your bill.  I do get a little bit of money for suggesting that but not life-changing and I only recommend things that I use myself.  But it does contain all the daily vitamins and minerals you need so you could supplement your normal food with a shake a day too.

When we get through this and we will we should have a street party on every single street on the same day.  Come together and celebrate a new era of compassion, empathy, kindness and unconditional love.

Please everyone take care; and we will get through this.

Love as always

Tracey