Coping Strategies and Self Care – Jennifer 2

 

Jennifer 2 says "You have to accept how vulnerable you are."

Transcript

So we decided to move and we’re now renting. We’re now renting actually a very small house but it’s on one floor, all on one floor and we picked it because everything was just – it had everything that we would need to make my life manageable. You know, not too big, no stairs, just enough. And we’re renting because I actually thought that I would be moving into a retirement residence [laughs] because at times it’s a lot, it’s a lot. Even the day-to-day things are a lot, but my partner said, “Well why don’t we try this. If we rent, who cares? Two months, two years, break the lease and go.” … In order to cope with COVID you’ve got to admit that you are – how vulnerable you are. You have to accept it, admit it and you have to accept help. You have to accept help and you have to be prepared to make drastic changes to your life, like retiring, moving. You know, like huge decisions, really huge decisions. So we’re not talking at a very [laughs], you know, small scale, we’re talking major scale.


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