Detectives

One of the problems of working from home is that boundaries between one's professional life and one's private life tend to become blurred. Whenever I have an assignment outside the home (as an interpreter, in my case) I relish the feeling I have when I return home and feel the working day is done and I am 'allowed' to enjoy my spare time.
Strangely enough it is quite difficult to allow yourself spare time when you know the work is piling up on your desk, even if you have been working like a maniac.
Anyhow, I am trying to mend my evil ways and have stopped working in the weekends and evenings, unless there is absolutely no other option.

In the weekends I enjoy spending some time reading and watching telly (admittedly not the most exciting leisure activities, but still...), and I particularly like watching detective series, like Dalziel and Pascoe, Inspector Lynley and the like.

Some research has been carried out in the matter and it turns out that people suffering from anxiety and depression often benefit from reading detective stories or watching detective series. That's probably because it is a safe way of confronting one's fears. I am lucky this weekend, yesterday I enjoyed a new Dutch series called Deadline (which reminds me of my legal translation work, but what the heck) and the Swedish Wallander and this evening I'll be enjoying the BBC's Messiah.