Work is the self we struggle to escape from

I took the day off work today.

I was beginning to think it wasn’t possible.

I was sitting in a cafe close to home with my laptop

thinking of all the things I had to do.

And I realised the most important thing I had to do

was get away from the laptop.

I don’t want to blame my computer.

Or my phone.

Or my family.

Or my colleagues.

Or my house.

Or my friends.

Or my ga…