The crick you only notice once you’re horizontal and the phone has landed on your nose. Here’s the 11:52pm version of neck stiffness, written by someone currently living it.
Hosting is hours of standing, bending and carrying that nobody files under “physical work.” This is what that day feels like, from the 7am sink to the 10pm chair.
An achy morning on a flight of office stairs is one of those everyday pains people only mention as a joke. Here’s the joke, plus the part underneath it.
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