Jumping rainbows

The expression ‘jumping ship’ means changing or abandoning something, especially when the figurative ship is sinking. If you’re having to jump ship, you’re likely to be doing it pretty late in the day – and when you jump, it’s unlikely you’ll know where to go next.

The idea of jumping rainbows, however, is different. It recognises that something in our lives has reached a peak and now it’s starting to wane, lose its effect or become dysfunctional.

When we recognise this early enough, we can give ourselves plenty of time to jump from the near-ending of one rainbow to the start of another. The rainbow itself could represent anything from work to locations, designs, friends, lovers, food, drink and clothes. Yet for now we wish to draw your attention specifically to your own coping strategies. Have any of them started to become old and worn? Problematic? Addictive? Worrisome? Is it time to replace one coping strategy with another one?