#parenting; #rantalert; #parentrant; #parentalabuse; #byemonday #genxornothereicome Monday. It’s done and gone. Yesterday however, was an eventful one. After our argument with our youngest teenager, I now absolutely agree that I don’t understand him. Parents and schools have been stripped of what authority they had left to discipline children. They effectively rule the world right now.Continue reading “Menopausal Monday #19”
Category Archives: My Gen X Views
The Lemon Tree Square
I was born there, lived there for two years and hovered around it for another 18. The “Largo do Limoeiro” as per its original name (only translated) is located in what is known today as one of the main Lisbon reference neighbourhoods. Overlooking Alfama, fado birthplace, the Portuguese key song genre. It was also myContinue reading “The Lemon Tree Square”
Negative headlines and the importance of self-preservation
I feel like all the current negative news, the ongoing disclosure of the existence of a whole dark underground network is starting to divide humankind and forcing us all to take a side. Something big is coming, it’s just hard to see what and how all this is going to evolve into. These are scaryContinue reading “Negative headlines and the importance of self-preservation”
Subtitled dog walks
Admit it, you do it too. If you are a dog owner, you know what I mean. All those inevitable “in-dog-mode” thoughts that we have when we’re walking them. I do that every time. I mean it’s not already bad enough that we talk to them as if they’re toddlers, we actively try and getContinue reading “Subtitled dog walks”
Social media profiling
We all do it. Even if subconsciously. Likes, follows and comments can tell a lot about an individual. Even the absence of interaction says something about a person. Surely you’ve thought about it before. It happens when we put our contacts circle into categories. The list can vary and could be shorter or longer. SurelyContinue reading “Social media profiling”
The feeling of being proven right
There are a lot of pleasant feelings a human being can have but being proven right must be one of the most fulfilling ones. If you follow this and the other one of my posts you probably remember that I recommended a piece of sensible reading (of course, sensible, I don’t share anything else), whichContinue reading “The feeling of being proven right”
Screw blue January
Loving the new background imagery on our laptops. So colourfully warming 🥰 We tend to underestimate the suggestive motivation to work. Weekends, holidays and retirement, that’s what we work for, what we look forward to (unless you have a highly paid fun creative job, of course… 😝). For those billions of us that don’t, weContinue reading “Screw blue January”
Day 1
Annual clean up Ok, I started the year with a healthy breakfast, my supplements (and paracetamol). Got the drinking out of my system and didn’t even overdo it. What matters is that today and for the remaining 30 days there will be none making its way to my blood stream. The traditional social network cleanContinue reading “Day 1”
Committed
As I promised myself, rekindling my love for reading…
Skilled Trades are Back!
I’m loving the news I’m coming across lately. Finally we’re starting to see a career rewind 🥳 Our society was begging for a more ruthless shift in global future professional framework. It was about time we headed back to the drawing board! To slower and happier days for the younger generations 🥂
Nostalgic Mumma 