homeschooling. There was a point, way back in April, where I crawled under the dressing table that doubles as my desk and wept quietly, so deranged was I by the fear, anxiety and uncertainty out there.
And it has continued all year, more or less. Like so many others, fear and anxiety and uncertainty have become my baseline. I have forgotten how to live any other way.
And now, as the new year approaches, I am going to take a few weeks to try and reset myself. I am going to take that week between Christmas and New Year, and extend it over the whole of December.
I am going to sit on the sofa, and remember what it is like to just do nothing for fun, rather than because I am paralysed with fear.
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