I was talking to a highly intelligent, busy and resourceful man the other day who has a job which involves responsibility for hundreds of people. He looked and sounded exhausted; more than that, he seemed worn down with life’s uncertainties and the state of the world.
Are you someone who is suffering from a respiratory virus with a cough? Is it dragging on? And just when you think you’re feeling better, does it appear to start up all over again? Well, join the club! There’s a lot of it about, as they say.
The other day, a friend asked me how best to improve energy levels as we grow older.
Two things happened this morning that brightened my day – and I realised, not for the first time, just how much we need such highlights in winter.
If you’re a regular reader of this column, you’ll know that I’m always going on about what it takes for us to stay as young as possible for as long as possible.
Have you noticed that when a group of people of our age get together, at some point someone will mutter: “Life is so complicated these days” – and everyone will agree.
Recently, I asked my grandson when his new school term would begin. He told me, but then laughed and said: “I’m changing the subject, Granny Chris, because I’m trying not to think about it!”
Today’s topic affects us all. We have to do it. We want to do it. Yet it’s something that can easily be disrupted, leaving us miserable and lacking in energy. That “something” is sleep.
Advice from columnist Christine Webber for when marriages become unhappy.
Have you woken up feeling below par? Not ill exactly, but aching a bit, lacking in enthusiasm, worried about something you ought to do, and fed up with the weather?
