Dear Diary...A letter to self!
On the 27th March 2020 South Africa entered into a historic 21 day lockdown. For many this signaled an opportunity to switch off and dial into things they never had time for. For the active, this meant coming up with alternative solutions to maintaining their active lifestyles while confined to one location. As the days went on by, discomfort set in. For parents, the mammoth task of juggling work and 5th grade Math proved to be a bit too much. And as Lockdwon was extended, people started to feel an intense type of cabin fever. Livelihoods were threatened and it became a mental warfare to accept that we were being held captive by an invisible enemy. The time within your own thoughts took many down an uncomfortable road littered with thoughts and emotions left unaddressed, closets filled with dreams unrealized, choices made in haste and yet to be confronted truths. We are now in what has been termed level 4 of a 5 fold lockdown plan - when we take a count, we have of