'baby steps....'

These have been a few hard months and many of us have suffered with our mental health and missing our family and friends. It is a known fact that creative people can and do suffer with mental health issues - it is something to do with how the brain is hot-wired; so to be starved of a creative outlet during these times can be vey difficult. We have all been struggling and we must thank those who have kept things going. I have tried to maintain some form of creativity by doing some self portraits and some some virtual shoots but now the Prime Minister says we can take ‘baby steps’ and move forwards.

‘soon be back to normal…’

We can now exercise more and we can meet another as long as social distancing is maintained. I therefore aim to get back to some form of shooting on location and beginning to create again. The Prime Minister calls these ‘baby steps’ and we should all be mindful that we still need to take care. There will be certain levels of anxiety but we need to do what is right for us to maintain a healthy state of mind. For me that is about being creative. It becomes a coping mechanism enabling me to move forwards and focus on the future. I am already looking further into the future and compiling client lists ready for when I can meet clients, and preparing the way for how my business can help theirs. This current crisis will end but we may emerge into a different world and a different way of doing things so it is important to plan and be ready. Mental health and anxiety is something many of us live with daily so we need to manage it and control it and as the PM says lets take ‘baby steps’ and get the ball rolling on a future of creativity.

Laura x