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Tag Archives: Stress
School Run II
Gridlock this morning Bin lorries too White van drivers Turning the air blue Navigating back roads Chugging along Calming my heart-rate To avoid a prang Stayed the course At five miles an hour My genetic packages delivered Time for work … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Life, Odysseus, Poetry
Tagged Calm, Gridlock, Poem, School Run, Stress
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Shirty
Suckered in to fronting up It’s my job, but it’s other people’s too It brings admin, stress and cortisol But also profile, contacts and stories to tell I feel shirty But perhaps I should get over it Writing this has … Continue reading
Posted in Achilles, Odysseus, Poetry, Work
Tagged Cortisol, Fronting-up, Get over it, Poem, Poetry, Shirty, Stress, Suckered
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Caterpillar
The throbbing caterpillar in my vein Concertinas toward my brain Which tells me that I must be calm Not much time for repose Life all over me like a rash Oh for some time to ponder, To dream or meander, … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Odysseus, Work
Tagged Caterpillar, Dreams, Hard Work, Perpetual Motion, Poetry, Relaxation, Stress, Throbbing Vein, Thrombosis
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Courage
I’ve been working in the USA this week – same language, quite different working cultures. Still Brits talking to Americans is easy enough. But add Germans, South Africans, Sudanese, Cameroonians, Central African Republicans, French, Colombians, Turks, Japanese and Koreans – … Continue reading
Posted in Aristotle, Ethics, Life, Work
Tagged Arete, Aristotle, Blue Energy, Confidence, Courage, Enjoyment, Excellence, Fear, Fear of Failure, Happiness, Headache, Mastery, Performance, Red Energy, Stress, The Golden Mean, Travel, We are what we do, Worry
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