Tag: Covid-19

  • Moving back to Aotearoa New Zealand

    Moving back to Aotearoa New Zealand

    I’m flying back to Aotearoa tomorrow after moving to Sweden to study followed by a 2.5-year unplanned detour to Norway. I want to leave some reflections here about this particular transition. But I’m struggling to find the words. How can I express the ways that the pandemic’s presence and being dislocated from home and having…

  • The human cost of inflexible work

    The human cost of inflexible work

    Employers can learn from my exclusion.

  • 2020

    2020

    The year that never ends has almost ended. Here are some reflections.

  • Covid-19 coronavirus: On recovery and listening

    Covid-19 coronavirus: On recovery and listening

    I think it’s likely I got a mild Covid-19 case in late March. I was exhausted with some fever and digestive symptoms and I know where it probably originated from. I was lucky that I had a friend who could go to the pharmacy for me, and that even when several of my close friends…

  • Scandinavian Shift

    Scandinavian Shift

    April 2020 was a strange moment to move north of the Arctic circle. Almost all of my international friends who could were finding their way home, wherever that meant for them. I was no exception—at least if I classify a home location as “wherever my parents are”, which I am privileged to be able to…