According to Wikipedia, midlife is from age 45 to 65 years. Going by that definition, the UK’s middle-aged population continues to expand annually. And at this life stage, most people first get diagnosed with an illness, are twice likely to commit suicide, or face profound money problems. Additionally, as they face financial hardship, some are …
“Wearing a mask smudges my lipstick”
A midlife woman, you have read that right, who really ought to have moved as far away from the debilitating condition known as vanity given her age (50s), told me that she doesn’t like wearing a mask because it ‘smudges my lipstick‘. Stupidity is something that I find hard to tolerate but a hyper level …
Scarcity does not build character
Scarcity was fun when I was growing up in Asia many moons ago. Power cuts meant candles, no homework and neighbours congregating in streets to share food, drink and what snippets of information they had about the power cut. The gossip mill went into overdrive about the reasons for the cut and when it would …