Making a shopping list I'm planning pizza night at home in an attempt to try and make life a little less mundane for the adult children who I imagine are having a tougher time dealing with lockdown than I am, someone who makes Howard Hughes appear outgoing. ME. "Alexa, add nduja to the shopping … [Read more...] about Pizza Night
Recovery
Everything You Believe Is Probably Wrong
I'm telling a client that trying to breathe deeply while he's having a panic attack is a bad idea because one of panicking's best features is the ability to convince you that you cannot breathe. I tell him, "Just try reminding yourself that even though you're sure you're about to have a heart … [Read more...] about Everything You Believe Is Probably Wrong
Resetting The Passwords
Coming in from sweeping the leaves and musing on one of the few benefits of lockdown, a distinct decline in takeaway wrappers tossed over the front wall, I say, to nobody in particular, "Why do so many houses along here still have their Christmas lights up?" My daughter is hunched over her … [Read more...] about Resetting The Passwords
Inside Out
We're watching "Inside Out", a Pixar animation about Riley, a young girl, and her unsettled emotions after a family move from her beloved Minnesota home to a new life in San Francisco. It sounds suspiciously like a busman's holiday and I'm not at all sure I'm going to get anything from … [Read more...] about Inside Out
Trying To Escape From Social Media
I'm trying to delete my social media accounts but it turns out that it isn't as straightforward as you'd think. Like Donald Trump, freed this week from the responsibility to censure himself, I'm finding it hard to let go. I've considered that it might be symptomatic of something deeper. A … [Read more...] about Trying To Escape From Social Media