Yeah, being kind to myself or even tolerating myself is a struggle most days for me. I try to keep my morning routines, because I find it helps with that. But here I am now, up before 5am. Definitely not a part or my routine, but I can't seem to be able to go back to sleep anymore. I hope this morning won't be too harsh.
I'm not sure I have a favorite period in history. There are interesting events and characters in all periods. Rather than focusing on one period, I most like to learn about a country, area or topic through different eras. I also like talking with people who know about things I don't know much about, and that's often how I get interested in new historical topics.
My closest colleague has a Master's in egyptology and has told me lots of interesting things about Ancient Egypt I didn't know, so since I started working with her in July, ancient Egypt has been very interesting to me, because I've been able to ask questions and hear fun little stories.
In music history my favorite period would be baroque, because that's what I'm most familiar and comfortable with. It's what I've played the most. So at least that's a clear answer to a "favorite" question, for once!
I haven't thought about this, but maybe Warsaw.
I was there at the end of February, and it was my last trip before this whole mayhem blew up on our collective faces. I love Warsaw so that alone is always a good reason to go there, but it'd also be a way to start over in a way.
The other obvious option is Germany for Christmas markets, which was a trip I had planned for this season anyway.
