{"id":2577,"date":"2020-04-07T07:25:41","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T07:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/?post_type=articles&p=2577"},"modified":"2021-04-14T11:33:13","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T11:33:13","slug":"quarantine-chronicles-lilan-afshar","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/quarantine-chronicles-lilan-afshar\/","title":{"rendered":"Quarantine Chronicles: Lilan Afshar"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LILIAN AFSHAR IS STAYING HOME<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Handbag designer Lilan Afshar on why we should open ourselves up to transformation.<\/p>\n

How are you finding the transition to a new way of working\/life?<\/em>
\nTo be honest, I needed a break like this. At one point, I was working the entire week – no days off, my to-do lists were getting longer and longer. So I welcomed this transition. It’s a pause button we all didn’t know we needed.<\/p>\n

What have been the biggest challenges?<\/em>
\nThe biggest challenge is not being able to control anything. Everything is uncertain at the moment. So I embrace the uncertainty, let go, take a step back and take it day by day.<\/p>\n

What’s been the most pleasant surprise?<\/em>
\nHow therapeutic baking is!<\/p>\n

What are your hopes for the future?<\/em>
\nA world where we are kinder to nature, our earth, to people and to ourselves.<\/p>\n

What message do you have for Grazia readers?<\/em>
\nA time like this will never come again. Take this time and mould it into a positive chapter of your life. Work on projects or hobbies that you have been putting on the backburner, and open yourself up to the transformation taking place.<\/p>\n

Photo: Courtesy of Lilian Afshar<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":2578,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[65],"yoast_head":"\nQuarantine Chronicles: Lilan Afshar - Grazia Middle East<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In this new series, Dubai's creative community invite Grazia into their homes to share the challenges and triumphs of their social-distancing experience and hopes for the future. 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