Did You Ever Get Stuck On A Roof?
May 27, 2008
For the last couple of weeks or so, I’ve been stuck on the roof. Not the actual roof of my house – it’s far too cold here in the North of England. The roof I’ve been on is more of a metaphorical one.
When things get too much, I go up on the roof – I cut myself off from the world. I don’t speak to anyone, I don’t reply to emails and I don’t write. During that time, I don’t think about my problems either – I shut them out.
This isn’t the greatest way to cope when things go wrong, but how we deal with things isn’t important. It’s understanding how and why we do it thats important.
Even I know that I’ll eventually have to get back off the roof and deal with things but my time there gives me a bit of space.
Thanks to everyone who has emailed me or called over the last couple of weeks – I will reply eventually. And for those of you who asked if my absence was due to reactions from a post I wrote about StumbleUpon – the answer is no. I’ve been around too long to worry about what people say about me on the Internet and if I cared, I wouldn’t write some of the stuff I do.
And I’m grateful to everyone who has carried on reading while I’ve been away – I’ve had 48030 unique visitors this month so far and I appreciate you taking the time to read what I have to say.
What do you do when too many problems mount up at once? Do you get stuck on the roof, or do you have a better way of dealing with them?
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