Hey. How are you doing? No, like how are you really doing?
How is your head? How is your heart? Are you taking the time to breathe? Are you allowing yourself room to feel it all? The good and the bad?
Things are bad, I know. You don’t need me to tell you that. No wonder we need reminding to be kind.
COVID-19 is affecting every corner of the globe, toppling industries, and communities in a matter of weeks. No one is safe from its clutches. For the travel community, this new reality has changed our lives immediately and drastically for the foreseeable future. Are you one of those wishing to travel right now? Listen up.
Perhaps you were a traveler whose trip ended early. Maybe you’re at home, counting down the days until that trip you were supposed to take. Maybe you’re an ex-pat living abroad halfway around the world from your family with no feasible way to get home if things take a turn for the worse. Pretty much all of us are wishing to travel but can’t.
COVID-19 is isolating us in a way we have never experienced in our lifetimes, and it’s hard.
There’s no way around it. It just plain sucks.
Each day, I force myself away from the horror stories and personal anecdotes flooding my social media. Instead, turn to positive sources that help me get in control of my thoughts and feelings. While I can physically be there to support anyone outside of my personal bubble right now, I can share with you the wisdom I’ve sought that is helping me cope.
Here are the mantras I’m repeating to myself to help cope during this pandemic, especially for those wishing to travel.
