I write this having just had two full weeks off work. It has been my longest break for a while, and it has taken until now to stop thinking about work almost constantly. To address the times that it creeps back into my consciousness, I have been digging out an unused area of the garden in preparation for a pergola. Physical work helps ameliorate the stress of the last year and a spade and a pickaxe have been my cure of choice. Having written that, it sounds a bit extreme; I am adding an ornamental cobbled area so it’s not simply manic labour.
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