Exit strategies

[tinyjo]

I've been thinking about it recently and it's occured to me that one of my major mechanisms for dealing with bad, difficult or uncomfortable situations is to come up with an exit strategy. That's not to say that I won't be intending to try and improve the situation or turn it around, although of course you can't always. It just helps me to feel more in control and less stressed to know that if I really need to, I can step back, get away, whatever. It takes the pressure off. I think that's one of the reasons I find myself so uncomfortable with the idea of myself as a parent - there's no exit strategy you can really plan there.

I should do a real life update soon, really. I'll get to it, I promise.

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That's true ... precisely why I boggle at the single-parents among my collegues. I could never imagine or want to pursue such a lifelong 'project' alone.

Having a partner in those early years must really make a difference - no matter how it's sliced, a division of labour can only help matters.

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When I consider the stresses of raising children, I can't imagine how the West ever came to the idea of the 'nuclear family' model as ideal - frankly, it's ridiculous. Definitely better to have a sheaf of relations nearby to run herd on them.