So, last night (or morning) I went to bed at 3:00 am. Having slept only four hours, you can imagine how I feel. Everything moves in slow motion, noisier, clumsier. There are no words to describe the need to just close my eyes and let the world go on without me for just five minutes.

And that’s just it. Sometimes we get the idea that we are needed to keep the business going, when in fact it goes and moves and evolves whether you’re there or not. It should only be reasonable to allow yourself a bit of indulgence. I’m not saying it is ok to just be lazy, but for a moment it is healthy to remember that your job can go on without you and that you can go on without your job.

Some days I wonder what my life would be like if I were somewhere else. Most of the times I can’t seem to reach another reality, my mind always goes back to my job, the effort of my job, the need for my job, the people in my job, the challenges of job, the craziness of my job, the opportunities in my job, the promises of my job, the advantages in my job, the excuses at my job, the love for my job… I always come back.

But there are other times when I can totally see myself leaving everything behind and turning to nature. Returning to the basics has always been appealing to me. Planting and living day by day. Letting go of everything that attaches me to the stuff I get thanx to my job.

Today my mind has escaped through the window and dreamt of other realities, it has flown away looking back only to catch a glimpse of myself at the other side of the glass, waiting for a wake-up call before lunch.

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