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Getting Work Done is Hard When Your Cat Turns You into a Bond Villain
But it is a reminder that breaks from getting work done is good.
Sometime during the height of the pandemic, amid working from home full-time and regular Zoom calls, one of our cats decided she needed more regular attention.
It started with her jumping on my desk and walking around/nuzzling my monitors. And the purr — oh the purr!
But then, she nuzzled me. And insisted on jumping onto my chest.
Many a Zoom included me in classic Bond villain pose, absently petting the purring cat on my chest.
Getting work done when the cat has one, if not both of my hands occupied attending to her is nigh on impossible. But look at that face. How could you not pet this cat when she’s purring loudly and contentedly?
But this is a reminder that sometimes, you need to take a break from getting work done. I think this is the equivalent of “stop and smell the roses” — except it’s “stop and pet the cat”. Whatever the case may be, the message is what’s important.
That message? Sometimes getting work done isn’t life’s most important activity.
