It starts with the minute pauses. Small, innocent-looking breaks that become an all-consuming void in the fabric of productivity.
At first, it's just a skipped meeting, a forgotten deadline. But as the hours tick by, the world outside begins to unravel.
You start to see things. Shadows on the walls, like dark, grasping tendrils. The hum of the fluorescent lights becomes a cacophony of despair.
And then, there's the what happens when you forget to take a break 2 phenomenon.
Don't be like them.