THE A-Z OF FAILURES
How to Be a Failure (Part Z)
The Final Episode
I began this Failure series in August 2022 with no idea where it might take me, and I gave no thought to how I would negotiate difficult letters like X and Z.
I did know that I wanted to write about failures. I feel more connected to people when they get vulnerable and honest about their mistakes and struggles, and I wanted to feel connected to others.
The thing is, I realise now that I chickened out. I opted for humour rather than vulnerability.
I confess I even toyed with the idea that I might switch this episode up and end with a Z success. I even managed to think of one. Instead, I offer you this and hope you will read with soft eyes.
Zoom
I have failed at Zoom in that I have utterly failed to embrace it.
When my number 3 egg, Harry, moved to Australia in 2017, everyone assured me that Zoom would help me to feel connected. It did the opposite.
It left me tearful every single time, and we stopped.
I think I have figured it out. The problem with Zoom is that it gives the illusion of being close to someone when you aren’t. Talking to Harry on Zoom just intensified the knowledge that we were thousands of…
