I came in this morning feeling like I hadn't yet woken up only to be faced by more bad news as markets tumble - it's Armageddon out there right now. As I open my email - more bad news and delays followed by conference calls in which I am caught out by unexpected questions and feel like I am stumbling around in a daze of confusion. Yep - its a bad day at the office.

Bad days make me stressed. I can feel it in my head - its a dizzy sort of feeling as my heart palpitates and my underarms feel moist. Suddenly, I cannot seem to function normally and, as a result, I make mistakes that compound the feelings of stress.

But guess what? I just read on the BBC website that there actually people who still believe that the Earth is flat! They think that images of the Earth as a sphere are fakes and come up with all kinds of reasons to explain flying 'around' the world. Now this is news! How the hell can anyone in their right mind seriously contemplate a flat Earth today?

Suddenly, I realize that my stress can be nothing compared to theirs. I mean, they must worry about flying and ending up falling off the flatness that is their Earth. They must stay awake nights coming up with new reasons to refute what is unassailable evidence that the Earth is a globe. Come to think about it, my levels of stress are nothing compared to theirs.......