Lockdown 2.0. I’m mad about it. Sort of. I completely agree that something should be done, I understand this is an impossibly difficult decision. I am so sad for all the small business owners and everyone else impacted (us included). But today I’m simply mad because I don’t have a horse in the U.K. currently and riding schools are having to shut.
Its ridiculous and childish I know, but I’m letting myself be annoyed today. Tomorrow I’ll be positive, but not today. I’m sad for the lessons I’d planned and hacks I was looking forward to, selfishly it really is my happy place. However, I’m also sad for riding schools that need regular business to survive.
It’s healthy to be annoyed, frustrated and upset. Personally the best way to cope is to give myself an allotted amount of time to feel that emotion and then pick myself up after. This works for me and I believe it’s important for us to all have coping mechanism’s in place for our mental (and physical) health. We’re all so different, this could be talking to someone, writing it down etc, however we should all have a way to ‘feel’ and ‘live’ these emotions so we can properly experience them and let them go. Do you have an emotional coping ‘plan’?
Fingers crossed this lockdown won’t be extended too much and we’ll be back doing the activities we love asap. I’ll certainly be off on horseback the second I’m allowed!
HK x
Blonde Traveller 