Heal, thy pooch...

By Vichara

The one thing that has happened over the last number of years is the extreme blending of our work lives and our personal, much to the detriment of both. Perhaps with the increased use of technology it allows those “little notes” that may seem harmless work issues follow us home. A wise man once said “when we out a leash on our work and bring it home like a pet poodle yapping at our heels, we are neither here of there, neither at work nor at home which means we are not going to be at home anywhere”. Try to separate from it, turn it off. You tend to the poodle for roughly 8 hours a day which leaves maybe 4 hours for you, your family and home before head to slumber land. Leave the poodle at work.

implacable • \im-PLAK-uh-bul\ • adjective
: not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated

Example Sentence:
The convict made his plea for an early release to the implacable members of the parole board, who remained skeptical that he felt remorse for his crimes.

Did you know?
"Implacable" comes from the Latin word "implacabilis," with which it shares the meaning "not easily placated." Ultimately, it comes from the verb "placare," meaning "to calm" or "to soothe." "Implacable" adds the negative "im-" to the root to describe something that cannot be calmed or soothed or altered. The root "placare" also gave us "placate." You may ask, what about similar-looking words "placid" and "placebo"? These words are related to "implacable" and "placate," but not as closely as you might suspect. They come from the Latin verb "placēre," a relative of "placare" that means "to please."