Roz discusses the Fallacy of Future Fear and her Bifocal Approach to dealing with it.

Roz discusses the idea of embracing your fear, like a friend who helps you stay out of trouble.

So.... I had just finished up my doctoral dissertation, and was looking forward to re-emerging into the daylight. And then.... coronavirus. I realised a) that a lot of people are struggling with enforced isolation, and b) I have something useful I can offer, being something of an expert on isolation after spending up to 5 months at a time alone on a rowboat in the middle of various oceans. So I am writing a book called The Gifts of Solitude, which will be published as an ebook on Amazon Kindle in April.