1002: Secular and Inconsolable
Today\u2019s poem is Secular and Inconsolable by Noah Blaustein. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual.
In this episode, Major writes\u2026 \u201cSome mornings I wake and say, \u201cToday is the day I will turn off the phone. I will ignore alerts to meetings. I will not open the laptop. Today I\u2019ll disregard all that beckons \u2014 coworkers, friends, family, pets too.\u201d But of course\u2026 I hop up, brew coffee, feed the dog, sharpen some pencils, and get to work answering emails. For those, like me, like most everyone, I\u2019d guess, who struggle to achieve work-life balance, playing hooky should be a national holiday. Just picture it: scores of us abandoning our desks, heading to nearby parks or movie theaters, beaches, or libraries. Can you see it, a nation basking in a self-contained bubble of condoned indolence?\u201d
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