What is Work?

By Sam Martin - May 6, 2010

Our jobs often interrupt our lives, but that’s not such a bad thing as long as we can get some life into the office.

This morning I woke up at 6 a.m. to go to work. I sat on the edge of my hotel room bed and thought about my oldest son. It’s his birthday. He’s turning 9. I’ll call him later and give him good wishes. Then this weekend, when I’m back home, we’ll go for pizza—a late celebratory dinner. Work interrupts life, but I can try to make up for it. I can place a daddy-son Saturday afternoon on the life side of the scales as a counterweight to my business trip.

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