A great reset.

It’s hard to believe that just over three months ago, we were counting down to a new year, a new decade, with the hopes of great things to come. The magical sounding 2020 has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it?

A lot has changed in the world over those small three months. The word ‘unprecedented’ has now been overused around the world due to the horror of a world pandemic of covid-19. And, countries around the world are in/going into lockdown to help stop the spread of it, including our own country, lil’ old New Zealand.

We’ve now been in lockdown for almost two weeks. We know what this entails; staying at home and only going out in your neighbourhood for essential items and exercise while maintaining the two-metre distance rule.

Yes, it’s a very different experience going to the supermarket or pharmacy to get items – but in some respects, it’s actually a very pleasant one not having loads of people in the shop all at the same time. Okay, it did take a long time to get into the supermarket to buy groceries but hey! 🙂

My heart also goes out at this time to all the wonderful Kiwi small businesses who are doing it tough right now given they can’t sell online if they aren’t an essential service.

If you’re hankering after a wee bit of online retail therapy, why not buy an online gift voucher, that way it will help their revenue generated during this extraordinary (another overused word too) time.

Here are some of my faves who are doing online gift vouchers:

Sophie
Father Rabbit
Foxtrot Home
Rhind
Marle
Spring Spa
The Art of Nails
Little Gatherer
Little Bambinos
Little Whimsy

There are lots of small businesses that are selling online too but won’t be able to deliver until the lockdown is lifted. So, this is another great way to get your online shopping fix and support these businesses during this hard time. Some of my other faves (besides the ones listed above) include:

And, from an exercise perspective, check out my fave Barre Figure’s online classes (just under $30 for a month’s pass). Les Mills is also doing online classes to help keep your fitness up.

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Besides the disruption to our usual life, let’s look at the lockdown from a different viewpoint. How often do we get forced upon us time to slow down, reflect, to get inspired and to plan for the ‘what’s next’?

Besides tying to keep Johnny occupied, doing all those jobs around the house that have been waiting to be done (gosh, I’ve got so many of these lol), my husband and I are using this time to do personal development – from listening to podcasts to reading and doing vision boards.

I’m currently trying to finish reading Kikki.K founder Kristina Karlsson’s book ‘Your Dream Life Starts Here’ (my husband gave this to me for Christmas).

This is a great book to help you refocus and imagine what your dream life could/will look like. With the aim of writing down your 101 dreams and then honing in on which ones to focus on to make reality, I’ve come to the realisation that I have had a recurring dream since I was 18 years old: to be an interior designer. And another one, to write my mum’s memoirs of her life in Paris.

Here are some great podcasts we’ve found that might be of interest to you too:

And, it would be super to hear what you’re listening to and reading so please share them below in the comments.

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