It starts with wondering what your purpose in life is. That transmutes into looking around you and wondering where time has gone. The underlying sentiment behind this is regret. Time gone by represents missed opportunities. Suddenly, your caring responsibilities have receded either because the kids have flown the nest or the elderly in your life …
It’s turning out to be one of those Midlife Sundays. Ever feel lost?
I hate those Sundays when I just don’t know what to do with myself. It is an overwhelming feeling of not being aligned with the world. The symptoms are malaise, procrastination and panic. The only unifying factor of these days is fear, a sense of dread, that, come bedtime, I am going to utterly regret …
Starmer’s ‘Cherchez la femme’
If you are a man in power facing national scrutiny what do you do as a first instinct? Cherchez la femme was the Labour leader’s choice action. I can only imagine that Sir Keir Starmer looked at his bookcase after finishing a disastrous TV appearance, searched desperately for an idea, and came up with ‘The …
The power of asking for help even in midlife
This blog post is about never being too old to ask for help. It was something which I was too embarrassed to do. Pride and arrogance made me think that one ought to have enough wisdom at a certain stage in life to be able to get on. What I have learned is that no …
Are you embracing your Greys?
“Damn you, don’t mock and sneer at me. I’m not a doddering old fool who brags about the things he did when he was young, and what he would do now if he weren’t so old. Claudio, I’m telling you right to your face that you have wronged me and my innocent child. I am …