My return from the Atlantic coast of northern Portugal has not only heralded the arrival of an all encompassing malaise but finds me struggling to source material for this much overdue blog – sorry!
We all struggle to re-energise ourselves after a break – it’s a time where most of us take stock of not only our jobs but also our lives. For some reason this year seems harder than usual, perhaps it’s the sense of foreboding as we fly headlong into 2011 and a hefty hike in VAT.
Punctuating the air of uncertainly and gnawing away at the back of our collective consciousness are a host of uncomfortable questions: Will the fragile upturn maintain itself? What will the impact of inflation remaining above the 2% target be? With the coalition government scrapping an estimated 1 million public sector jobs, how do we prepare for the social and economic fall out?
While the cutbacks are going to hurt all of us, the steps that are being taken are a harsh necessity. Of course, this year’s cuts are beyond what anyone could have anticipated but this is the unfortunate price of 10 hedonistic years of fiscal lunacy.
To make matters worse, cyberspace seems unusually quiet. Normally August is “blog-heaven”, with even the most respected news providers publishing stories about cats playing the harp, prime ministerial pacts and unquantifiable surveys showing that you have the IQ of Einstein. It would appear that even the silly-season is subject to cutbacks – damn!
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