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Intro


Martin sudenly realized that there wasn’t anything particularly empowering about a power lunch, power walking, or power napping, but work lately had him doing all three. It was crunch time, everyone was scrambling, and it felt like no one was making headway. The higher-ups always had more to pile on.
Martin sighed when he just finished unwrapping his sandwich to the sound of his ring tone. His wife was calling. Martin sighed again.

 

When he saw it was his wife calling, Martin sighed with relief. Without any more hesitation he answered the phone with his normally optimistic "Hey honey."
On the other end she had a slightly different agenda. "Where were you last night? Yesterday was our anniversary and you never came home!"
Thinking a little bit too long before answering he replied, "I was at __________. I'm sorry I forgot about our anniversary with so much going on right now. I'll make it up to you later today. I promise."