It's not socializing that is exhausting. It's the acting that's draining.It's great craic being with your best friend.It's the constant hiding of your true self around people you aren't entirely comfortable with that is fatiguing.

I posit that we can measure the thought put into a meeting's attendee list by the number of people who don't talk on that call.

Pain unfortunately is inevitable. But not all pain is equal and we get to choose our pain! So, would you rather the pain of feeling stupid while learning something new or the pain of feeling like you are deteriorating? Would you choose the pain of a job hunt or the pain of unemployment? The pain … Continue reading Inevitable pain →

Dear urinal user #63029,We have investigated case DF569V and arrived at the following evaluation.Granted, the unwritten rules of urinal use are widely known and it hardly seems necessary to repeat them but we shall do so here anyway for comprehensive context:You always leave at least a one urinal gap or in the case of pee … Continue reading urinal user 63029 →

"I'll come on the condition that I will bail if I can find anything better to do in the meantime."That's not what they said but that's what their actions told us.Such a dynamic puts an awful pressure on an individual to be exciting all the time and it speaks volumes of a flaky individual.Because let's … Continue reading Chasing excitement →

Panic reared in Ted's head. He grabbed hold of it, mentally.'Oh god, I'm feeling panicked!'Then another thought entered the brain of Theodore - this will always be the case.Ted took this thought of permanence mixed it in with the panic and before anyone knew what was happening he was curled up on the floor in … Continue reading Panic and permanence →

I wonder how far off we are from appointing employees to be 'The office friend'. Because let's face it, the social side of things is an important aspect of settling into a new job and the company can't force the new hire's team to be friendly. If they're not arsed they won't do it.Also there's … Continue reading The office friend →

I think the ego would love to believe it's inside the best person in the world.It craves the status of 'God amongst mortals. I think the wisest celebrities are those who keep their ego in check.Those who lose touch with reality let perspective fall by the wayside as they try to out-fly Icarus to the … Continue reading Lost touch with reality →

The notion that habits can be changed in an instant is a dangerous and misleading one. It provides the perfect excuse to give up when we inevitably fall back into familiar routines as we declare our problem behaviour permanent. "I'm never going to get it. I'm terrible." … 'There is a hole in my sidewalk' … Continue reading Hole in the street →

I think one drawback of not being forthcoming with information or a poor communicator is that it encourages persistent inquirers to seek the information elsewhere. For example, little Timmy only gives his mother grunts or one word answers when she asks about school. Then it comes to parent teacher evenings and Miss Marple spills the … Continue reading Find out elsewhere →