I actually disagree that she was excited to move to India. To me it always seemed like she was just tolerating it and hoping they’ll return. Then she couldn’t hide her happiness and excitement when covid hit and they went back to London indefinitely
I think she wasn't excited to go, in that vlog about moving there I remember she was already planning to go back to London every summer and was all "we'll be back for the summer..." and looked at Joe who looked like uh, will we? and she said something like "right? Right." And I understand that. India would never have been Niomi's first choice for a relocation and she's a control freak. The move wasn't her choice or her idea.
I do think she tried to make the most out of it when she was there, as much as her control-freakness allowed. She did that Ayurveda course, met a couple of Indian influencers, attended an event or two, took paid tours, apartment hunted, started decorating trying to incorporate local businesses. At the very least she seemed to understand the move could be good for her career and was trying to capitalize on it.
I don't blame her for being happy to be back in London when Covid started. I've been hospitalized in an unfamiliar country where I didn't speak the language and had no one other than the friend I was traveling with and it was pretty daunting. So I get being happy to be back in England while a pandemic broke out. But I think she actually started going downhill fast in lockdown, not to mention her relationship to Joe spiraled down.