When every day feels like a Monday, we all need an escape. In this SliceofGasant, Gasant Abarder reveals his happy place and how, if you find yours, you can stay calm and survive everything life is throwing at us at the moment:
There are two habits that became my solace when we were housebound during the COVID lockdown. When life gets tough – like your football club getting clobbered 7-nil – it is my own little world I slip into, writesis among the country’s most influential media voices. Catch his weekly column here, exclusive to Cape {town} Etc.First up are DIY projects. Now, my dad had a few tools like the old pliers, a few well-worn screwdrivers and a hammer as far as I remember when we were growing up.
There have been a few fails. I was shocked at the price of rabbit hutches and thought it couldn’t be that hard to build one, right? Wrong! After several hours, I gave up and the timber I bought became firewood. Which brings me to my top hobby I discovered when we were all going bonkers from lockdown cabin fever. Had I known that preparing dishes and cooking was so much fun when I was deciding what to do with my life I might have ended up as a chef.
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