This has happened to me before. I'm presently sat at home typing this rather than in the office because in my attempt to be Kobe Bryant I ended up sprawled on the floor clutching a badly sprained ankle. That's not what has happened before though. What has happened to me before is appreciating in a very small way what disabled or older people go through on a day-to-day basis.
I encounter this feeling whenever I have heavy bags on the tube or push a trolley round an airport. The world is not designed for these activities. I'm pretty sure it's a similar feeling to the one Maria Carey experiences "de-glamorising".
Today's revelation is the extent of isolation I feel at not being able to easily leave my house, that's a reality plenty of older and disabled people are faced with on a day-to-day basis. It's not nice. In every other way my life is normal but just because it's difficult to leave the house I can't speak to people in person, enjoy the usual buzz of the office or even have someone else make me a coffee.
It's a frustrating experience but an important one. That's not to say I recommend busting your colleagues ankles.
Whether it will make me a better reporter for disabled people and older peoples issues is yet to be seen. Hopefully it'll come through in my writting that I care just that little bit more about social issolation and social workers attempts to minimise it.
I am certain though that once life can return to normal I probably won't be as glamorous as Mariah Carey.
Today's revelation is the extent of isolation I feel at not being able to easily leave my house, that's a reality plenty of older and disabled people are faced with on a day-to-day basis. It's not nice. In every other way my life is normal but just because it's difficult to leave the house I can't speak to people in person, enjoy the usual buzz of the office or even have someone else make me a coffee.
It's a frustrating experience but an important one. That's not to say I recommend busting your colleagues ankles.
Whether it will make me a better reporter for disabled people and older peoples issues is yet to be seen. Hopefully it'll come through in my writting that I care just that little bit more about social issolation and social workers attempts to minimise it.
I am certain though that once life can return to normal I probably won't be as glamorous as Mariah Carey.
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