Heavy mettle.
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Buddies …
Things don’t always go to plan.
Sometimes the hopes and imaginings you have for your life simply do not work out that way. Unexpected plot twists present themselves and before you know it everything has turned upside down.
(Again.) Sigh.
The days become a test of your mettle, a chance to bumpily aim for grace. Even waking up feels like pressing a fresh bruise, but press you must if you want to make progress and reclaim better days.
Of course, I am talking about myself here, but perhaps some of these feelings make sense to others too? Maybe? No harm intended, but I am hoping so because it’s pretty hair-raising out here. I don’t fancy being alone!
A combination of unexpected circumstance and health issues are making the days super tough and sparking some huge changes I did not expect.
For someone like me (aka World Champion Homebody), these shifts are pretty scary and challenging. But I am going to make it work, because what else is life but a series of plot twists and precarious learning curves? Hahaha OMG.
So we’re going to move back to Melbourne, less than a year after we arrived in my home state of Tasmania. It was not the original plan, but I am going to try hard to treat this as a (gentle-as-possible) adventure, rather than a drama. (It feels like a drama, pals!)
Digging into the circumstances publicly might result in hurt feelings in others, so I’m keen to avoid that, to ‘play the ball, not the player’ and just get on with it.
Nothing like a pivot in these COVID-y times. I hear everyone is doing it!
Perhaps my amazing (!) resilience under pressure might offer further proof that tough times truly can be braved?!
I’m keen to write my way through it here, just in case.
Love to you, peach,
Everything will be all right, in the end!
xx pip
Heavy mettle indeed Pip but I admire your ability to be “ play the ball & not the player”. I’d be more inclined to just be really pissed off at the player & tell all who’d listen how mad I was. But I am a lesser person than you & you are made of good stuff.
I can imagine that leaving covid free tassie with its lovely lifestyle to return to Covid riddled melbs is very stressful. But going back to where Rin is must be the silver lining no?
Hang in there Pip, you are never alone. We love you xx
Pip I’m sad for you having to leave Tassie. But I’m selfishly happy to have you coming back to Melbs. I’ve had to stop reading your posts because they’ve highlighted how gloomy and trapped we’re all feeling up here. Will be great to have you back telling your stories from here with us 🙂❤️