I don't want to shatter any illusions about the new, happy 'living in the now' me but I have been a bit stressed recently...It's certainly harder to maintain a stress-free existence living in the city, although it is a really nice city with lots of green space and beautiful river running through it. Or maybe it's not the city at all but the fact that things are surfacing in my mind that I've been avoiding thinking about? Actually, I know it's that. I'm worried about visas and plans and flights and medicines and jabs.

But instead of following my new 'no problem' mantra, ie either accept or take action to change the situation, I'm not accepting and I'm not taking any action hence the situation doesn't change. Or rather things get worse because I know there are these nagging things I need to deal with which I'm not dealing with.

New philosophy: Maybe I should take stock of what I've achieved, rather than worry about the future?

By the way, great Eckhart Tolle quote, my favourite so far: "I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them cats." Think I might plagiarise that one.

Also to realise that going from Mrs Stress of Stressland to being someone so much more relaxed was never going to be the smoothest of smooth transitions and like anything they'll be ups and downs.