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MENTAL HEALTH | WELL-BEING | SELF
Time For Self-Care: Silence, Sleep, and Totally Required Me-Only Attention
This is what it looks like to have little else to think about than myself…just for a few days
I’m away from home at the moment.
Taking some time for me.
When was the last time I can say I did that? I can’t even remember…
It’s definitely needed, I tell you. And it’s been a very long time coming.
So where am I? I’m only a couple of hours’ drive from home in the neighbouring county of Somerset. I am house sitting in a tiny cottage, in a pretty little town, and taking care of the resident dog, Rhu (short for Rhubarb), a Romanian rescue with a lovely personality.
I got this position through a house sitting website with the intention of getting myself away from home for a short break alone. It seemed a perfect match since Rhu’s owner, Anna, specifically wanted a solo woman, because Rhu can be nervous of men.
A dog, you may be thinking? But that’s not much different to your life at home, with dogs there to care for and walk.
But it is so, so very different. One dog is vastly easier than are two dogs, one…
