Ten Days with My 19-Year-Old Self

Reflections from self-isolation

Escaping to another life: photos and diary entries from my last trip to Australia, aged 19 [Image courtesy of the author]

One of my colleagues recently tested positive for COVID, and as I was one of the people with whom he’d recently been in contact, I have been forced into 10 days of self-isolation. Writing this now, I am just a day away from freedom, and I am pleased to conclude that the experience has not been as stressful as I feared it would be. I have remained…