You held it together for eleven straight weeks. Through the deadline, through the quarter, through whatever it was. Then the holiday started. And by day two you were in bed with a temperature. You’ve called that bad luck for years. Possibly you’ve made a joke of it, typical, happens every time. It isn’t luck, and […]

You slept nine hours. You woke up tired. Not tired in the way that a coffee fixes. Tired in a way that feels structural, like the sleep happened to your body but never reached whatever was actually depleted. And you’ve done the sensible things. Earlier nights. The phone out of the bedroom. The magnesium. Maybe […]