Walking away... an act of survival!
Back in March when lockdown first hit Scotland, like everyone I know, life changed forever. The ability to seperate my personal and professional life became impossible through working from home, my phone never stopped pinging with messages and emails and ... well ... overwhelmed was an understatement. I had to find a way of releasing the pressure. So for an hour every day I started to go out walking. ( "Corona walks 5/..." by koen_jacobs is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0 ) At first, it was a chore. Every bone and muscle in my legs and lower back were killing me. But over time that got easier. Why did I keep going though? Why keep walking when it was so painful? Truth is I didn't know why I was doing it. I just knew I needed to do something. I was going on instinct more than anything else. Eventually it became a habit, no matter what, come lunch time each day I closed my laptop and w...