Life nowadays has become emotionally draining. Everybody wants a piece of you. Your own hand phone becomes a weapon of intrusion, so much so that you can’t shave, shower or dress without constant interruption and harassment in the morning.

Driving to work is an exercise in futility as everyone is so selfish that they will drive on your left, on your right, above you and below you, through you, squeeze you and cut you off so that they can gain that 1 second advantage over you. You arrive at work mentally exhausted after fielding all the road warriors before you even begin your day. Let’s not even get into the subject of parking.

Keeping a diary is a joke as people change and adjust their appointments to suit themselves and their convenience, or just plain turn up at your office and gleefully announce “I’m here!” and expect you to drop everything as you are expected to attend to them and their needs.

Is it any wonder that people in the city nowadays are just plain stressed and drained of emotional energy? To top it all off, we have boy/girl friends that demand increasingly more from us each day.

They need you, they have an attitude and they have such an intricate emotional make-up that you could trigger anger or sadness at anytime…leading you to “tiptoe on eggshells” to keep the peace.

You try to get into their minds, you try to understand them, you argue endlessly and you need to deal with issues every day – it seems endless. You feel tired and frustrated and you probably end up taking it out on people that didn’t do a damn thing to hurt you.

And so the circle of city living goes on, eventually sucking everyone into its vortex and under its evil influence. You become a spent force, emotionally bankrupt.

Good job on depressing us on a Monday morning, Dave…I hear you think - do you have any answers for us or are you just gonna play Devil’s Advocate?

Well, it’s all about balance isn’t it? Balance cultivated through understanding and communication right from the beginning. Developing healthy relationships and making wise choices, and keeping your cool in the chaos that ensues on a daily basis.

Now if only I could believe in that crap I just made up…