ABOUT ME
Hello! Welcome to The Grateful Peg, essentially a public space for my inner thoughts and feelings. An outlet for my ramblings I realised are too ‘rambly’ for platforms such as Instagram. I’ve always loved writing, and since the accident my journals have been filled with a colossal amount of entries, I thought fuck it perhaps some can go on the actual Interwebzz. So I thought I’d use this as a space to share some insight, and to discuss topics prevalent of both my mind and my body- what I’ve learnt in this knackering year. But also to hopefully be relevant to the mind and body as a collective. They are so interconnected and both carry their own needs and nurturing. I’m mainly using it as another form of cathartic outpour and release therapy; but for anyone else actually reading this, they’ll be entries on gratitude, mental and physical positivity, body image, general updates/thoughts to do with my accident/ what the aftermath has taught me, and anything in between.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and hope you can learn a thing or two.
lots of love,
Georgia
Background -
In September of 2019, I was faced with a life changing experience when I was hit by a double decker bus- resulting in my right leg being amputated and a strenuous recovery. As you can imagine, this ordeal followed by a global pandemic deteriorated my mental health, but the accident built me up to be far stronger than before. The whole incident shifted my outlook and I have been striving for positivity ever since. If I’d been told my current situation before all of this- that I would be both mentally and physically recovering from an amputation, a global pandemic and not to mention adapting to a world of lockdowns, tiers and curfews- I would have assumed I’d be immensely miserable. Yet at this current moment I feel the most content, calm and centred that I have ever felt. That’s not to say the past year hasn’t been an incredibly difficult year -for everyone, everywhere- I hit rock bottom and at my lowest, did not want to be here anymore. What months of outward support, internal support, and learning to love myself, my life and the ups downs we all go through can do. I’d like to share any insight I have that can maybe help one or two people who are struggling. I’m no expert, but I’d like to give my 2 cents.