Analysethis Posted 26 February 2019 Posted 26 February 2019 50 minutes ago, Izzy said: I read an analogy that us blokes of a certain age with all this responsibility, end up leading our lives like a 'watering can' (bear with me) going around ensuring everyone and everything in our lives is continually growing. Our 'water' is our time, energy, focus and attention. We dedicate a lot of our 'water' to our work and career (as this pays the bills) We give a lot of our water to our wife/partner to keep that relationship alive and well We give a shit load of our water to our kids to ensure they grow and thrive and lead a happy life We're constantly watering the garden (literally) and keeping the house ticking over and maintained We give some of our water to our friends and those social relationships that need us and lean on us for help and advice We also give our water to our parents as they get old and need us more and more to support them as they get frail and weak The thing is, who's keeping our water supply full and 'topping us up'? No-one is, so we must to do it ourselves. We must make time for us, stay replenished and keep our own watering can full, so we can keep giving to others. Good diet, sleep, exercise etc. are essential otherwise our watering can is empty and we've nothing left to give (and we can become stressed, exhausted, burnt out and depressed) Are you Evian a laugh?!!
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