Break

Every morning, I carve out a niche for myself to work at my office desk, when I am at a state of productivity Zen. 

This Wednesday, I switched on the computer as usual and planned to invite authors to draft guidelines on dialysis. Except it wasn't as straightforward as that – nothing ever is – because my laptop was not working. Little did I know then that I would come to a standstill like my computer screen.

My eyes darted up and down the dark screen and said "open sesame" over and over in my head. 

Nothing happened. 

These days we can't finish most jobs without a computer. By then, I knew I needed to ask for tech support. 

The computer reset takes time. Still, I'm more than grateful to know my laptop can be fixed. That's just a matter of time. To allow myself to pause, I took a half day off next morning. Discovering the computer break, and a break from my computer, turned out to be a blessing in disguise. That morning, I went for a hike and brief trail run, followed by a bike ride to make my blood donation.