Should I worry about being tired all the time?
Zonked, frazzled, drained, pooped, knackered, running on fumes – or just totally exhausted. In much the same way that the Shona-speaking people of Zimbabwe have a dozen verbs for walking, our modern vocabulary seems to have developed 20 ways of explaining that we are quite tired, most of the time. But is there anything about 21st-century life – our screen addictions, side-hustle culture or always-on mindsets – that means we are more tired, or are we just noticing it more? And when should you start to worry?
The simple answer is to ease up on the worrying. Not reading the Guardian is an excellent first step here, but not necessarily sufficient. Incautiously reading the Guardian is just one symptom of having inadequate levels of natural scepticism. Not watching the BBC could help too, as could a healthy chuckle at climate propaganda.
Make a New Year resolution to refer to COP29 as a "jamboree", tell friends and family that you know what a woman is and sneer at Net Zero fantasies - even referring to them openly as fantasies. It all helps restore the balance.
Make a New Year resolution to refer to COP29 as a "jamboree", tell friends and family that you know what a woman is and sneer at Net Zero fantasies - even referring to them openly as fantasies. It all helps restore the balance.
8 comments:
"Should I worry about being tired all the time?"
It's better to be tired of worrying all the time.
Yep, dump the MSM … life miraculously improves.
I believe GP’s (back in the day when they actually saw patients) used to write “TAAT” on the notes as an abbreviation. And probably it was also code for “hysterical hypochondriac, nothing wrong with them at all really”.
Sam - it certainly is, but the Guardian can't afford to promote that.
James - that's what I find too. Not to be taken seriously.
Peter - I've often wondered about the number of hypochondriacs GPs have to deal with and whether the number is rising.
I used to worry about becoming a hypochondriac, but now I am one, I don't worry about it at all!
I agree totally with your sentiments, AK! Every time anyone mentions these subjects, I just laugh openly and mention that they're just more conspiracy theories, and that usually confuses them! It's funny how lefties and Guardiansts, the Beeboids and sundry other dross don't understand the mantra, 'Follow the money', when all this tomfoolery is examined!
Scrobs - yes, 'follow the money' is the guide. It's natural for people to be suspicious about the influence of money because it's a major factor in what we do, but somehow people make exceptions when they shouldn't.
What’s so special about Shona speakers?
Amble, stroll, trudge, plod, stride, pace, trump, march, saunter, ramble, hike, tread, shuffle…
(We have a family member rehearsing for an upcoming performance of “Bewitched, bothered and bewildered”; your title has provided a distinctly odd mental counterpoint to her practices.)
Macheath - that crossed my mind too. It's as if the writer recently came across the reference to Shona speakers and bunged it in without being concerned that English has lots of words too.
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