Recovery
It has been an incredible stressful week at work, with a major reorganisation resulting in large numbers of colleagues being fired and much anger, sorrow and tearfulness. Many of the ones leaving have worked together for decades. You go to sleep thinking about the situation, and it is your first thought on waking in the morning, let alone the moments that you are awake in the night.
When it is like that, the best thing that you can do is to get on your bike and go to the woods. The deep peace of the fresh green sooths you. The vibrant bird song calms you. If the path is a little difficult, your mind is forced to concentrate on what you are doing and forget your troubles. If you are cycling with a friend, you can talk it over with them, or you can just cycle companionably together.
After that, your perspective begins to be restored and you have taken the first step to recovery.
