Walking away that inside out feeling
Sometimes you just find yourself feeling a bit inside out, like a cat with its fur stroked the wrong way, a grumpy toddler, an awkward old lady. At the end of today I felt peopled out. A few days with primary responsibility for my father in law and my grandson, love them both dearly though I do, coupled with the expectation of a further week full of friends and family coming and going, suddenly made me feel crowded in upon and oppressed. This always puzzles me. When I have done the tests that corporate life throws at you on odd occasions such as the Myers Briggs which looks at various aspects of your personality, I always come out as an extrovert. And it is true that I love people and today had a great lunch with some very good friends we had not seen in ages and loved the chat and was energised and delighted by their company. And yet, as tonight, I can quite suddenly feel the wind change. The demands of other people seem too much. The comprom...