Tired? Take a number.

How’s it going? ‘What’s news?’ ‘How ARE YOU?’ Polite and perfunctory daily salutations from friends, acquaintances and colleagues, innocuous conversation starters are the social lubricant of our days, not necessarily invitations for a narrative on one’s inner psyche. So for every ‘tired’ I hear I can’t help let out a subtle inner groan. Cue inner eye roll. (INNER. You see.) Of course you’re tired. Welcome to parenthood, adulthood, adolescence, LIFE. It’s predictable, boring and just bad chat. Sits up there with ‘I’m so busy.’ Course you are. We all are. Newsflash: NOBODY. CARES. I’m only too aware of this and being a rather ‘glass half full’ sorta...