“It was, too, as she was uncomfortably aware even a trifle ridiculous, and mentally caricatured herself, moving shuttle like from continent to continent.
Trifle (noun)
Something of little or no importance
Moving back and forth from continent to continent made began to make her feel a little irrelevant. She had not planted her feet long enough in one place to be taken seriously. She may have been her own worst critic but, moving about the way she did made her feel unimportant.
