Pushing on a string

Is an economists term used to describe when the
Central Bank tries to lower interest rates below
the point of effectiveness.

They are trying too hard and aren't getting anywhere.

Everyone has pushed their personal string, I know I
have. As I push myself in all facets of life, sometimes
more can be done by doing less.

Just today, while I felt the stock market was
not going well and some bad news came out on one of the
stocks that I own, I started to push harder thinking that
by doing something, the day would improve.

It didn't work.

Instead, I looked around for something that had nothing to do
with the stockmarket, yard work!

I took my 4year old son out and had him help me. I showed how to do
Some simple tasks and we had a good father son time. You see that in
The back of my mind, a well raised family is a way of increasing quality of life
and wealth for everyone in the family. It is one way to look at it at least.

So the day went really well. I'm sure my son will carry memories of times like this
for his whole life.

It turns out that the stockmarket didn't collapse and I didn't miss any move of significance at all.