C U R V E B A L L
- elizabethbransby
- Jun 27, 2016
- 2 min read
Well 2016, haven’t you been a curveball of a year so far. Is it just me or has this last six months just felt like the world’s largest obstacle course? It’s like we are all jumping, ducking, dragging ourselves across the floor and hoisting each other up again to make it to the end where the hope of a goodie bag and refreshments are waiting for us.
As someone still quite fresh on the adulting scene, whose body had a physical reaction to turning twenty-two and struck her down with tonsillitis for her entire birthday month, I’ll be the first to say that this thing, the real world thing we all eventually have to deal with, is still a struggle. A year has passed since I’ve left university and I am by no means together as a person.
It is no wonder our generation is rife with anxiety. This year has thrown tragedy after tragedy at us, with the refugee crisis, the terror attacks in Brussels, the mass shooting in Orlando and the EU referendum. The world around us has seemed so hostile, so unaccommodating, so filled with negativity. It’s a wonder we haven’t all just curled up under our blankets and called a time out.
In a time of such uncertainty however I was given some great advice from one of my closest friends; she told me that sometimes it’s ok to zoom back in. Yes, the big picture is daunting, yes you are justified to feel anxious and to want to hide away, but a day is just a day, so just zoom back in every now and then.
Over the weekend this advice rang true. Many people were left to lick their wounds after Britain voted out of the EU (myself included), and a lot of people will be left feeling unsettled for some time as we see what this means for us now. My entire friends group were disheartened, we all felt strongly about what was right, we all actively voted, and we all felt sad and disappointed by the result. In the end though we leaned on each other. We zoomed back in and spent the day reverting back to our childhood – building a fort in my living room, eating comfort food and making each other laugh with funny stories.
The world is a huge place that can be overwhelming at times, it's good to remember that some days it’s ok to build a fort of blankets and bunker down with the people you love, to remind yourself of what it is that holds you up when it feels like everything else is falling down.
More to follow!
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