If you believe social media (a big if) lockdown has been the perfect opportunity to learn a new language, write a novel, get fit and bake the perfect sourdough loaf. All of this while working from home, caring for family and preserving one's mental health. To those of us who are perfectionists everyday involves this [...]
The sun is shining, the streets are empty and like the majority of the population I am indoors. The difference is this is not because of Covid-19 - I have to acknowledge that my isolation is nothing to do with the virus and everything to do with longstanding health issues. When I first heard about [...]
And so it is Christmas and what have you done? Thank you John Lennon for that lyric which can tip me over the edge at the festive season. Christmas is a time of families and food - neither of which are comfortable topics for me. I have no family and my memories of festivities en [...]
You can choose your friends, but not your family – nor your work colleagues – nor many of the other people you come across in life. You may wish that life was different – that the person would change their behaviour – but it is difficult enough to change yourself, even when you really want [...]
