It took me a while to comprehend the early hullabaloo around social distancing. Having long ago already built a life around suddenly not being able… Read More »What Chronic Illness Has Taught Me Might Help You Stay Sane in a Pandemic
I don’t think people realize chronic illnesses can kill just as readily as the terminal ones. Their quality of life just gets so bad they… Read More »When the Strong Break
Suffering is character building, I talked about that a lot in the Storm Chasers post, we grow as human beings with what we are forced to go through. But sometimes the suffering, whatever the source, is too much to bear. Too much to live through, quite frankly. If you are pushing at the boundaries of what you can bear (or left that line behind long ago) I have three very important things to tell you, so listen up…Read More »Feeling Suicidal?
Though I have my own tradition of post-Christmas meltdowns, I think it’s a rather universal thing. There’s even a name for it: Blue Monday – that day in January when all the excitement of the holidays has worn of, the bills have started to come in, and months of Winter darkness have taken their toll. But I think there’s something else too.
The madness of December, an annual anomaly: your regular life left in stasis for a while. The trouble comes in January when you pick up your life again after been separated from it for a while. It gives you some perspective, and that perspective is sometimes disconcerting. When you’ve stepped away from the busy daily grind and can actually look at your life, there’s often a moment of: What the hell? This isn’t what I wanted for myself, this isn’t what I wanted to be doing.Read More »ToV 16 – January Blues? Find your Centre!