Echo Chambers
As we would stop along a wooded path to find our bearings, reorientate and ensure we were headed in our preferred direction. We should do the same in life, take time to evaluate where we are and whether we are listening to our own emotional and moral compass or being swept along by someone else’s sat nav.
It's the most 'socially anxious' time of year...Ding Dong...
It means you are still stifling polite when ruddy-cheeked Martin from accounts makes his way over to you, brandishing a forlorn looking sprig of mistletoe. 'Um no thank you, Martin...'. However were you more emotionally lubricated, you could probably find two far more effective words to use on Martin.
It's fine, it's fine, No problem at all...
Sure, no problem, that's fine. The words have tripped out of my mouth before you can say nervous breakdown. WTF.
Mum Guilt. Why We Should Practice What We Preach.
We know the feeling well, so accustomed are we to it. It leaves un-drunk cups of tea, unshaved legs and unread books in its wake. The feeling that we must be all things to all people...but ourselves it seems.