Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

labor

  • We don’t need vacation advice. We need forgiveness for going on vacation. Maybe you’re like me and struggle with going on vacation. It isn’t easy to leave work or home. Packing the car and getting away long enough to forget about the other stuff. So we go looking for vacation advice. Or maybe it’s worse.…

  • Work

    The constant reminder of place. Inspired by the weekly prompt at The Daily Post. This week’s prompt was “Grid”.

  • I am really bad at vacation. It isn’t fun for me to take. I have trouble leaving work behind. There are several reasons for this. I enjoy my work. My work is spiritually and intellectually challenging and I get a lot out of it. I also feel that there is always more to do. And…

  • This is what I discovered this summer. I really am lousy at vacation. I knew I was bad at it. I just didn’t know I was this bad. I don’t like the time away. I don’t like the extra burden before I go and after I return. I have trouble disconnecting my brain from my…

  • Among the greatest tragedies of this decade is this: our unwillingness to differentiate those who make $39k from those who make $390k.

  • The less than exquisite view from our triage room. Baby will be coming in the next few hours!