What a brilliant antidote to all the over-effusive joyfulness and celebration on LinkedIn. It reminds me of a friend who sent out a piss-take of those round-robin Christmas newsletter sagas with entries such as January: the refuse collectors failed to turn up on the appointed day, and February: the cat was sick
Oh, brilliant! I was horrified by this stuff at an early age - my mum used to call them “sagas” - we never lived up to all these glories and as with everything, digitalisation has only accelated the whole tendency - now there are whole new virtue-signalling things to celebrate - We are so proud that Chloe has identified as a gender fluid wombat (or whatever) ....
It's kind of funny, but in the case of this post, Everything happens for a reason!
I'm in the mid of one of my most challenging moments in life, and everyone around me screams, "stay positive!!". And I feel that's it's wrong. Trying to constantly stay positive only makes it harder to cope with real life. And just when I thought about it, I stumbled upon this post (and, of course, bought the book ;) ).
And in this context, I recommend getting to know Dr. Claire Weekes. I think you'll find her books and insights interesting.
Hey Yan, thanks for the comment, good to hear it chimed with you. I've just looked up Dr. Claire Weekes and her ideas definitely make sense to me. All the best with your challenges – I think a Stoical mindset can be a great source of strength.
What a brilliant antidote to all the over-effusive joyfulness and celebration on LinkedIn. It reminds me of a friend who sent out a piss-take of those round-robin Christmas newsletter sagas with entries such as January: the refuse collectors failed to turn up on the appointed day, and February: the cat was sick
Thanks very much Sue – that in turn reminds me of this book by Simon Hoggart... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Round-Robin-Letters-Collection-Christmas/dp/1782395865
Oh, brilliant! I was horrified by this stuff at an early age - my mum used to call them “sagas” - we never lived up to all these glories and as with everything, digitalisation has only accelated the whole tendency - now there are whole new virtue-signalling things to celebrate - We are so proud that Chloe has identified as a gender fluid wombat (or whatever) ....
It's kind of funny, but in the case of this post, Everything happens for a reason!
I'm in the mid of one of my most challenging moments in life, and everyone around me screams, "stay positive!!". And I feel that's it's wrong. Trying to constantly stay positive only makes it harder to cope with real life. And just when I thought about it, I stumbled upon this post (and, of course, bought the book ;) ).
And in this context, I recommend getting to know Dr. Claire Weekes. I think you'll find her books and insights interesting.
Thank you for this post.
Hey Yan, thanks for the comment, good to hear it chimed with you. I've just looked up Dr. Claire Weekes and her ideas definitely make sense to me. All the best with your challenges – I think a Stoical mindset can be a great source of strength.
About a year ago, I was asked to contribute to a event entitled “Thriving in the New Normal”. So I said this: https://tempo.substack.com/p/its-ok-not-to-thrive