It’s 1.45 a.m. and I can’t sleep: jet lag. We returned early yesterday morning from the UK — my first overseas trip since the global financial crisis and my first long haul in economy class since migrating here 20-plus years ago. My zombie-like state was confirmed when, driving to the local shops in the afternoon, I discovered that the hand-brake had been relocated to the wrong side of the driver’s seat.
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Roger Hogan is a Sydney-based communications consultant and a former writer at the Australian Financial Review. The number for Lifeline’s 24-hour crisis support telephone line is 13 11 14.
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