I have had a few hard days this week, dogged with travel delays and medical stress. To top it all off, I have just lost one of my best clients, who has decided to bring the work I was doing for them back in house.

It was a real blow on several accounts. Financially, of course, but also professionally—I really enjoyed that gig. Losing it threw open an abyss of uncertainty, which is the last thing I need in these hormone-charged last few weeks of my pregnancy.

But I read somewhere that art can be therapeutic, so I decided to give it a go and put together a collage to crystallise how I feel—and hopefully shake off the blues. Did it work? To an extent.

Feeling sad collage

While I was cutting and assembling, the collage completely absorbed me, taking my mind off my problem. And I did feel better for conveying my fears onto paper. But the following day, the world came crashing down on me again.

So here’s hoping to a better week.