A Time of Magic

Isn’t being young a hassle?

School is a real nightmare these days. No longer is it the case that the major study time is for the exams at the end of a course. Instead, there’s continual assessment which keeps the level of work up right through the year.

Then theres the hassle of needing to look into acne products. You’d think that by now that would have been one problem that would have been definitively solves but apparently not.

And, of course, there’s even more hassle from parents who’ve read all those “how to raise your child” books and are by now thoroughly confused with it all.

Usually, I’m one of those people who leave shopping around for car insurance prices until about the week before I need to pay up for the coming year but that ain’t gonna work this time around.

The reason is that we’ve the complication that we’ve a left hand drive car this time and need to see about “importing” it to the UK as well. Not only that but apparently we will need to cancel the insurance a couple of months before the renewal comes up thanks to French insurance law.

So, not only will my normal week in advance not cut it but it’s going to be rather more complicated than usual anyway.

We’re all getting older and that’s one major market for the companies involved in aspects of de-aging us all.

The range of products that this has produced ranges from simple face creams through to a growing number of plastic surgeons offering all kinds of treatments. Obviously it’s best to start with the creams rather than going straight to surgery although you’d think from some of the celebrity programmes that everyone does the reverse of that.

Naturally, you don’t want to just update your face as some people do. Much better to consider your overall look which means getting more exercise and improving your diet and, of course, your clothing.