2. No one ever lies on their deathbed saying, “I wish I’d spent more time at the office”, sitting in some pointless meeting or touting for more likes on their company’s facebook page. What they actually say, according to this moving article by a palliative nurse is “I wish I hadn’t worked so hard.“ And in the old folks homes of 2050, while old Mack Dawg films are beamed onto our eyelids we don’t want to be saying “If only I’d ridden more powder.”

If you must work take a leaf out of London worker turned Morzine-based author Emylia Hall’s book and do it remotely from somewhere with snow.