Welcome to blog! I started it in 2020 to chart my recovery from breaking my ankle (hence the name). I guess no-one saw a global pandemic coming. It's turned into a place where I can talk about the things happening in my life, my horse and my cats. Enjoy!
Yesterday evening I felt a bit overwhelmed with stuff, so I took my own advice and put the phone down.
I’ve tried really hard to set a rule with myself that I don’t check my phone till after I’ve had my breakfast. I’ve found it allows me to set the tone for the day by grounding myself first. At the moment, I’m having breakfast on the patio. Listening to the birds. Watching Bert play with his ball.
Clearly it doesn’t go like that every day, but where I can, I’ve found it works for me. Today I didn’t check my phone until after we’d finished our walk. I was content to just be with Bert. I obviously took it out to take this photo. The barley looked so lovely. Made me laugh as yesterday it was Buddy in the barley. Today it was Bert.
One of the things I love about being away with my boys is that a lot of horse places have rubbish signals. I don’t miss the constant pinging of my phone. So I’ve set the intention to be better with my phone boundaries so to speak.
As humans, we weren’t designed to be bombarded with so much information or be always on. Today I unplugged a bit. A stompy walk helped…
So 2020 was going to be my year. The year I got my life sorted after being served redundancy notice from my job in November 2019. The year I ticked off more things from my horsey bucket list. The year I got my mental health back under control and reduced stress in my life.
I had a plan. And it was a good one. Then the plan changed dramatically on 2 January. I came off my horse at speed and broke my ankle. Badly. Like all good equestrians, I got back on and rode back to the yard, sorted Buddy out and then drove myself to A&E. That’s where this journey really began...
I was sent home from A&E and told to crack on, only to receive a phone call later to say they’d missed a fracture (and a rather serious one at that). Whoops! So fracture clinic on 3 January, surgery on 5 January and home to recover.
I started this blog as a way to chart my recover back to the saddle. As I cleared clinics and competitions out of my diary and wondered what the next few months would bring, it's been a safe space for me to say how I'm feeling.
The new plan was to get a new job, to keep Buddy is kept ticking over and recover from my injury. Another good plan! I didn't expect a global pandemic, lockdown and all that happened in 2020.
This blog has changed over time but it's continued to be my safe space to share the things going on in my life, with Buddy and the cats. Enjoy!
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