Leisure and Labor

A 3-part reflection on work and rest: Part 1

The past two weeks or so, I’ve stepped into a “caregiving” role in my family.

You might imagine “caregiving” as looking after someone who is unwell and/or unable to tend to themselves. However, in this household (I almost wrote “my household” but that’s not true, I am but a visitor here), caregiving = unpaid domestic labor.

You see, in my parents’ househo…