march round up
It has been a year now since the pandemic arrived and all the chaos that has ensued. It has been so many things for me and us, heartbreaking and confusing but in a way it has pushed me down all sorts of paths which have caused me to grow and get closer to who I am and so I am grateful for that.
The kids are back in school (for now!) and I have been really trying to rebalance myself this past three weeks. I have been attempting to be boundaried with my time and take that extra time away from screens. I have also been really focusing on yoga this month as a good balance to the weights I do and as a lovely way to combat that cortisol and all the crouching over my computer. We have a tiny little pre Easter heatwave (sort of!) this week and I am going to head to the beach for a swim at lunch.
What I Read This Month
1. Writers & Lovers by Lily King
2. To Shake The Sleeping Self by Jedidiah Jenkins
3. Acts of Desperation by Megan Nolan
4. City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
5. Inner Engineering by Sadhguru
Reading Inner Engineering and watching Sadhguru has really been bending my brain in a lot of good ways this month. If anyone has any recommendations along the line of this book please message me.
I also loved heading from Portland to Patagonia with Jedidiah Jenkins all through central and South America. If I can’t travel then traveling vicariously will have to do for now.
MONTHLY FAVOURITES
Turned Up Online For… Isabel Allende talk on How To Academy. The Queen of magical realism spoke about feminism, her Chilean upbringing, living in California and her life as a Mother and Grandmother. I really recommend her books if you don’t know her.
Watched… Your Honour.
Listened… Louis Theroux x FKA Twigs. Wow a brave interview for Twigs, I have so much respect for her and she is brilliantly eloquent and intelligent.
Waterstones Podcast - The Lamplighters
Laura Barton 's Seventeen on BBC Sounds
I love listening to Laura Barton speaking, she has the most soothing and lovely voice. I first discovered her on the Toast podcast and she is very often speaking about fascinating topics but I would listen to her saying the alphabet if that was the only option. Having said that I loved her talk of age Seventeen; about the possibility of the age, its precariousness, perfection and projection. She interviews Sharon van Etten about her song Seventeen which is one of my very favourite songs of all time.
Happy Easter/Long weekend to anyone who has got to the end of this ;) Big x
