Fawcett MK: Keeping Up

The days are short and it’s the time of the year for endless distractions, obligations, conversations and jollifications. So, this is a short blog, a quick pause for a few reflections before off we go, on with the motley, staggering onwards to Twelfth Night, the winter sales, the return to work, trying out Veganuary or making resolutions that are instantly broken. And hoping, all the time, that things SHOULD get better, WILL get better, MUST get better….  THE MEANINGLESS THANK YOU Even if you have tried your best to avoid social media and limit the time you spend looking at emails, you will be lucky to escape the onslaught of hollow messages purporting to thank you for your custom during the holiday season. ‘Thank you for choosing us’ burbles a supermarket, while a shoe shop issues a ‘heartfelt thankyou to all our customers’ and a pharmaceutical company insists that ‘we really appreciate your time and feedback’ as they make yet another request for you to review the tube of toothpas...