TWO WEEKS IN BALI… AND MY NERVOUS SYSTEM IS FINALLY EXHALING

𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘

Today marks two weeks of living in Bali.

I've been a bit shit with keeping up with the blog, but there's been a lot going on, as you can well imagine.

The lead up was just so chaotic and I was so overwhelmed that my plans didn't happen, so I will be doing some videos and stuff, just documenting what happened for me and Lily in the lead up and talking about all the real, raw things, because I think it's important for people to see that it's not all sunshine and rainbows.

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞𝗦 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗔𝗟𝗢𝗧

Since being here for the last two weeks, there's been so many things that have happened- Lily's experienced:

nights out
live music
going on the back of a motorbike for the first time
eating Indonesian food
being able to go out on her own
making friends and meeting up with friends

All sorts of stuff, which is epic, and this is one of the reasons why we moved to Bali.

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥

For me, it's been an epic journey.

I'm still finding my feet.

I am having a bike delivered today, so that's going to be a whole new experience for me, and I need to practise that, which is bringing up some nerves and some anxiety, because I haven't ridden a motorbike since I was in my teens, and the Bali roads are very different to the UK roads.

𝗙𝗜𝗚𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗡𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗟

Trying to find a rhythm with work and home educating, social life, day-to-day living things that we need to do is a work in progress, but two weeks is not a long time at all.

We will find our footing and we will find our rhythm.

We will find what works for us, but in the meantime it's all about going with the flow and not being super planned, which is really hard for my autistic brain, which likes structure, routine, and clear time scales and stuff.

𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗜 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗜𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗗𝗜𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚

To be around people that are so chill and where 15 minutes is like half an hour to an hour and everything's just so relaxed here can be a little bit frustrating, but this is something that I'm learning to deal with, because it is part of life here.

Everybody goes through the flow, and it just is what it is, kind of thing.

𝗠𝗬 𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗢𝗨𝗦 𝗦𝗬𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗠 𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢𝗢

For me, my nervous system is starting to settle into that.

It's starting to go, yeah, you know what, it's okay if somebody's late.

It's okay if you don't get there on time, which are all things that I'm having to unlearn.

Life is about learning, and I love learning.

𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘’𝗦 𝗦𝗢 𝗠𝗨𝗖𝗛 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘

Expect more coming soon, like the backstory and the information about the transition to come here and then our life here in Bali.

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TWO WEEKS IN BALI… AND MY NERVOUS SYSTEM IS FINALLY EXHALING