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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Re: Hmm...

[tinyjo.livejournal.com]

I disagree here. I think that the choice and experience of raising a child is *much* harder than marriage or mortgage challenges and work vs play is not even up there. Aging is also a very difficult situation in some cirucumstances but it's not ever one you chose so I don't think it falls into the same category.

Crucially for me, with both a marriage and a mortgage if it becomes too much you can plan an exit strategy but when you've had a child you're responsible for that child forever, with no outs.