What We Notice When We Snap Our Laptops Shut

Arlington, MA-January 2023

I spent this past week in DC for work. I flew down Monday evening, so I could go to in-person meetings with colleagues and work from our office in Arlington, VA.

I’ve just joined a new project this month; there is so much to be done. The gravitational pull of my work laptop is strong. I spent long hours this week hunched in front of it. Even now, it’s sitting across the room from me on the dining room table. I can see it there, winking at me. “Open me, log in, finish the budget…”

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