The Unwind
After an incredibly challenging year for all, we speak to some of the most incredible women we know about how they will be unwinding at the end of this year
What have you learned throughout 2020?
2020 has taught me patience and gratitude in so many ways. It’s not easy to put our lives and plans on hold.
I will be celebrating at home with my loved ones. It feels funny yet comforting to have a different style of celebration this year, usually by this time I’d have my whole week of Christmas and New Year’s Eve planned with gatherings and even my outfits!
How will you be celebrating this festive season? What will you be doing to unwind at the end of the year?
To unwind, I found that developing my creative side has helped me a lot. I’m currently taking sewing and pottery classes just to focus on something else and it’s been quite inspiring!
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What have you learned throughout 2020?
2020 taught me to slow down and focus on all areas of my life that need attention to enable me to be a good, healthy and happy person. I had spent four years consumed with setting up and launching a business and before that 14 years in a very fast-paced industry and realised that whilst I was thriving professionally, I wasn’t truly nurturing other important aspects of my life such as my personal relationships, my physical wellbeing and my recreational time – be it going on vacations or taking the time to just “switch off”. This year forced many of us to take a pause which was probably necessary for many of us, certainly for myself. I had the time to reflect back and reconsider what I would like my life to look like for me to feel happy and as balanced as can be whilst still fulfilling my ambitions and goals.
How will you be celebrating this festive season?
With family and friends. We’re close as a family and enjoy celebrating holidays together. We’re all foodies and my brothers cook really well so we enjoy nothing more than a great meal and lots of conversation and laughter around the dinner table. In today’s pace, we don’t get to sit together for a proper meal often so the holidays are a great occasion to reconnect with loved ones and spend quality time
What will you be doing to unwind at the end of the year?
It would have been lovely to travel somewhere but on the positive side staying in town has allowed us to re-explore parts of the UAE that we hadn’t before. I have been to some beautiful places such as Hatta which I hadn’t visited since I was 13! So, I’m planning on a staycation in one of the local resorts either in the desert or by the sea.