IS THE WORLD NO LONGER DESIGNED FOR US? by June Spindloe Will the future be different for us? Has our House sitting lifestyle disappeared? These are the questions that have been on our minds these last six months as we have struggled through lockdown and watched the world redesign itself around Covid 19. In the last issue of the magazine I had written about how lockdown was easier for us as our nomadic lifestyle had made us resilient and adaptable. Little did I know that by mid April, I would emotionally be at breaking point. Nor did I know that the next few months would be among the most challenging I’ve had to overcome since becoming a house sitter.
When your world falls apart It’s not often I share my personal struggles with the house sitting community, but when my younger brother became seriously ill with a rare auto immune disease called “Guillian Barre” (GBS) and within 48 hrs was paralysed and on a ventilator in ICU many miles away, my world fell apart. Isolated, confused and unable to communicate with him I hit rock-bottom.
