Stress, magnesium and love.
I realise that I do indeed have a privileged first world 1.5 income household with food, warmth and shelter pretty much guaranteed so long as I don't develop a gambling habit. No one hits me, I'm married to a wonderful person, the kids are healthy and lovely and are enjoying and progressing at school. On the big scale, it's all pretty hunky dory. If we could zoom in though, I want to write about my recent strategies to manage stress and get my nutrition intake back on track. At my work, it is absolutely the most busy and pressured time of the year at the moment. I'm at work what seems like all the time, despite being paid to be at work half of the time. It will pass and the pressure will, I hope, ease off significantly in a fortnight or so. I've been losing massive amounts of sleep, which no one has ever been able to convince me is an optimal way to live. Some nights I've been awake for hours in the wee hours of the morning when I don't even have a