How Do You COPE with Being Pulled in All Directions?
`Mostly I cope very well, but about twice a year I have “panic attacks”.’
Lesley, 4o, photographer/book-keeper
`I can’t cope with too much chaos. The answer, I think, is to
delegate. My husband is cooperative when it involves childcare.’
Judy, 37, lecturer/musician
`I enjoy being pulled in all directions because the time flies past. No two days are the same. It’s challenging and interesting’
Claire, 34, marketing consultant
`By being prepared to compromise, by not being a perfectionist, by learning to know what must be done now and what can wait’
Catherine, 39, senior secretary
`By giving myself the right to do things for me. If I believe that, the rest of the family does. When I need time, it’s accepted that I should take it.’
Jean, 44, senior probation officer
`I become resentful. I also get stressed and on those days I feelI’m always late’
Pauline, 39, teacher
`I hate being pulled in all directions. You have to take time out to think about what is going on’
Margaret, 23, part-time bank official/fitness instructor
`I ended up off sick for IO weeks last summer with depression and emotional exhaustion.’
Heather, 31, specialist nurse (infection control)
`From time to time I scream and yell and have hysterics. Then I grit my teeth and get on with it.’
Francesca, 3r, horse breeder/business partner
`Perhaps having no partner means that I have sufficient mental energy to look after my child, myself, our home and also work
full time‘
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