I really don’t want to go into detail about this, but I have a knack of screwing things up and making things worse when I’m trying to help people. From time to time, I get these big, bold ideas about how to make a situation better, so I set off with resolve. But in the end it turns out that I misunderstood things, got the wrong end of the stick and should just have stayed at home. I’m afraid today was such a day: we don’t need to go into detail, but I set off thinking I could do something to resolve a situation, but came home feeling dejected and useless, and afraid I’ve made things even worse.

Does anyone else have such days, or is it just me?