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Let Your Hair Down Once In A While
Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow… it’s back to normal
So much of our lives we live under control, a lot of it self-inflicted. I’ve written many articles about my relationship with food and my weight — it’s something I think about every single day.
For others it might be work, money, a relationship or health. Probably a combination. Everyone has something that keeps them a little uptight, most of the time.
Watching, being careful, holding back… it’s hard, and every once in a while you do need to throw it all out of the window and be a bit hedonistic.
When you do, enjoy it fully, don’t feel guilty, reflect back fondly, then get back on with life. And if you can let your hair down with a true and trusted friend, then that is a rare treat to be truly savoured…
The Release
True release is hard. Take connection with friends or family, which is a release a lot of us craved during lockdowns.
OK, we can Zoom and chat on the phone, but what we really wanted was the hugs with our best friends or parents (not rushed, but part of a day or a weekend properly spending time together).
Or we wanted to play or watch sports with our mates, or even be in the office having the…
