Dark evenings can cause anxiety for people living on their own - so I thought it might be good to put our heads together here and come up with some practical ways of keeping and feeling safe.
I'll kick off by saying I find it reassuring to keep my mobile phone on me at all times, especially when I'm driving.
You can also buy wind-up mobile phone chargers which give enough charge to make a quick emergency call. Amazon do them. These maybe particularly useful in areas where electricity is unreliable. You may want to put it on your Christmas list :-)
If it gives us peace of mind, when going out to see friends we perhaps shouldn't be too shy/proud to say, 'Can I send you a quick SMS to let you know I'm home safe'.
If you are hosting a single person (especially a female), for the evening and they leave you late at night. I think it's a really caring thing to say 'please send us a quick text to let us know you've go home
safe'.
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Living in such a rural community as I do means that I am pretty much always driving, but even so knowing that there are people around who can help is great.