There’s something about the phrase ‘work-life balance’ that’s not quite right. Just ask someone who is out of work. When I hear the words ‘work-life balance’ what I actually hear is ‘disheartened’. It’s a phrase that does no favours to those who use it. Work is part of life. It’s as important as any other
When I was at school a careers guidance teacher asked what I wanted to be when I grew up. ‘I want to be an astronaut’, I replied. ‘Oh great’ he must have thought, ‘another accountant’. Each time I sit in a traffic jam, crawling along, head slumped on my elbow, rain lashing against the window,
Mental health is like physical fitness. Perfect mental health is as rare as elite athletes, requiring similar levels of training and commitment. It’s beyond most of us. I admire anyone who has it, but I don’t know any. Compared to athletes we’re all a bit out of condition. In the same vein, each of us
What’s the meaning of life? Relationships. Next question…What? You were expecting a more complicated answer? Nah. It would, I agree, be nicer if the answer were more spiritual or required some manner of mystery to be revealed or complex initiation to be performed for the answer to be fully understood. But it isn’t and it
‘Accountants know the cost of everything and the value of nothing’. It’s such a well-crafted phrase it seems churlish to object that it’s mistaken. It’s not just wrong, it’s unworthy. Affecting a high moral stance, it’s really a device to divert attention away from discussing how much something is worth. Because without a cost we’re