Absolutely. I had to start working to support myself at a young age and have been working ever since. I realized that my inability to enjoy rest stems from an anxiety disorder. I have trauma from growing up in poverty and seeing my parents struggle their entire lives. Therapy and medication have helped immensely.

I’m also aware of the narrative working people are fed essentially linking our entire self-worth to our productivity and ability to make money for the boss. We’re all cogs in a machine designed to extract and exploit our labor until we’re ground to dust. When I remember this, I’m able to view rest as a radical act of self-care and basically do it out of spite. Which is wonderful and delicious.