When I retired from teaching many years ago, I heaved a sigh of relief at the prospect of having no more admin. forms, assessments, monitoring, paperwork etc. I did miss the children, but not all that rubbish. It seems now I'm doing the same thing. Not only the e mails but we have a large two-drawer filing cabinet with all sorts of folders (about thirty), just to manage daily life - domestic accounts, health, insurance of various kinds, Tax, the car - it's endless. I reckon we'd do well to employ a blooming secretary.

Modern life is good, but it's hardly simple is it?