Give it a Rest!
Life's been crazy recently. So much has changed in my personal life and in my professional life since the beginning of 2020 and, though the idea of getting back to normal would be lovely, I am under no illusions that life will never be the same again. Am I searching for that ever illusive new normal that people keep talking about? Maybe. Ultimately I find myself wondering what my next step might be? I got a letter today from work requesting that I attend a welfare meeting to see about my plans for going back to work following a period of extended absence and to see if there's anything that they can do to make my return to work a bit easier. While I really appreciated that, I found myself panicking at the idea of returning to the same levels of stress that contributed to me being ill in the first place. I didn't want to find myself back in that dark place. Indeed, during my absence from work I found myself dealing with so many p...