Off

I took yesterday off from my paid job. PTO - Paid Time Off. It’s an odd phrase, paid time off, as if off is not the normal state, or that off can even have a state, and needs to be qualified as paid. Not off is the real qualified state. Who is directing my attention right now? Me = default state = off. Not me = not off. I could make a valid point that all time is default state and not off is by choice, which is true, but because the consequences of not choosing not off are dire it is not realistic. [Read More]