#53 Your Slow Sunday Scroll

☕️ back from my hols! a round-up of books/pods/links/inspo JAN 28 Hi, I have missed you! I’ve just returned from three weeks in Vietnam. I’m back at my desk now, catching up on emails and admin and burning incense in a little gold turtle holder I bought in Ho Chi Minh City (similar one here). Three weeks away felt surprisingly long. Which makes sense: when you’re somewhere new, your brain is processing lots of new information. Apparently, the longer the processing takes, the longer that period of time feels. My sister messaged me saying “that was quick!” when I told her I was on the flight home the other day, and I thought: “really? I feel like I’ve been away for A YEAR. SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED.” I felt incredibly lucky to have dipped out for most of January, elongating the state of denial about returning to work post-Christmas. I kept a journal the whole time I was away, writing every night in bed about the new experiences (the hikes, getting lost, the sleeper trains, the wonderful people we met). I am working on a post called "the unInstagrammable reality of travelling” because I feel like Instagram has kind of ruined ‘travelling’ as a concept. Instagram is full of people sharing perfect-looking ‘hotspots’ ruined by selfie-sticks, focusing mainly on producing envy-inducing Reels, or pictures of yet another infinity pool, but I want to hear about the real bits of travelling — how you got there, whether it’s actually good, what the breakfast was like, where the local pharmacies are. (I was disgustingly sick for the first week of the trip and spent many a Vietnamese đồng on throat spray, cough tablets, paracetamol: sexy.)... © 2024 Emma Gannon The Hyphen HQ, London