To get my creative inspiration back, I must disconnect
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I ain’t the best relaxer. My preferred holidays are always adventures, and very VERY rarely will I do a feet-up-by-the-ocean-on-a deck-chair kind of break to disconnect. Honestly I couldn’t think of anything worse
What you resist, persists
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I don’t get. I just don’t get it. I am living in a country where Covid19 has spread so rapidly, there are bodies on the streets of Bangkok, and this is a country with deep reverence for the dead.
8 ideas on how you can be a great tourist when the world opens up
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With The Phuket Sandbox scheduled to kick off from July 1st, if all goes to plan, fully vaccinated tourists will be welcomed into Phuket from that date
Week seven was a bit grim, here’s to week eight
![Quarantine life](https://uncommon-courage.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Shrek-2Bears-1024x1024.jpg)
It’s our 8th week of lock down, and as I’ve watched the protests against containment measures, I wonder if people are reading and watching what I am?
Food, alcohol, sleeping, sitting, thinking, not thinking…
![Cointreau hour](https://uncommon-courage.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Cointrea.jpg)
I was trying to work out how many days we’ve been in isolation and I think it’s 29. All I know for sure is we’re now starting week five and the roller coaster continues
The roller coaster of isolation… it’s an interesting journey
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My family is heading into our fourth week of isolation, and compared to the vast majority around the world, we are very lucky.
How are YOU feeling?
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Ending our first week in quarantine, it’s been a strange old time. We couldn’t be in a better place to get through this, but still, it starts to have an impact.