If you are feeling anxious, frustrated or visibly stressed during the current pandemic-induced circumstances, you are not alone. But you can, however, take small steps to improve the quality of life and restore balance in times…
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35 Things I Learned about Life
Some life lessons I learned, more often than not the hard way, in my thirty-five years of being on this planet. Words have immense power. They can uplift and inspire, threaten or destroy. Choose…
Lockdown Journal: Day Twenty-One of Twenty-One
Day 21 – Thursday, 16 April On the last day of the initial decreed quarantine of twenty-one days, the weather starts to turn for the better, announcing a pleasant weekend ahead, meaning outdoor braais, alfresco…
Lockdown Journal: Day Twenty of Twenty-One
Day 20 – Wednesday, 15 April Back to work. I write and publish three more blog posts as part of my daily lockdown journal. It’s turning out to be productive writing time, although remembering difficult…
Lockdown Journal: Day Nineteen of Twenty-One
Day 19 – Tuesday, 14 April These days I am looking forward to my weekly outing to the supermarket and pharmacy – the only stores open during the first phase of the lockdown. My main…
Lockdown Journal – Day Eighteen of Twenty-One
Day 18 – Monday, 13 April It’s the beginning of another working week in quarantine. It would have been the last days in confinement – were it not for the extended lockdown announcement. Urgh. I…
Lockdown Journal – Day Seventeen of Twenty-One
Day 17 – Sunday, 12 April Easter Sunday in South Africa. I can’t pinpoint a specific local Easter tradition during these holidays, aside from the ever-present meat braai (barbeque), perhaps with the addition of the…
Lockdown Journal – Day Sixteen of Twenty-One
Day 16 – Saturday, 11 April Weekends in the Oosthuizen home have become entirely predictable. If it’s a sunny weekend, it’s lounging on camping chairs under the sun umbrella, book in hand, feet stretched out…
Lockdown Journal – Day Fifteen of Twenty-One
Day 15 – Friday, 10 April It’s Good Friday in South Africa – the Friday before the holy Easter weekend. It doesn’t feel so good, sadly, for my spirits. I have to contend with some…
Lockdown Journal – Day Fourteen of Twenty-One
Day 14 – Thursday, 9 April Two weeks in quarantine. Another week of lockdown, or so we thought. Unsurprisingly – given the extended lockdowns paraded overseas – the South African government has prolonged the national…