Between the Sessions

The phone rings. On and on, without reprieve. "De Ding"; Another alert from Teams. You sit and stare at the computer for a moment, then pick up your phone. Almost instinctively, the scroll begins. Instagram. Snap Chat. Facebook. Whatever vice distracts long enough to forget about the work sitting in front of you. The next time you look up, an hour has passed. "Oh shit." The deadlines loom closer, and now three more things have piled up. It's not that you hate your job. Or, ma