I swapped the office for a cabin in nature – it taught me how to focus

I swapped the office for a cabin in nature – it taught me how to focus

It is dusk in mid-Wales, and I am sitting on the deck of a cabin overlooking the Tarren mountain range. Swallows are looping overhead. Sheep are bleating somewhere beyond the trees. The air smells of pine and wood smoke. I have a blanket over my knees and a mug of tea cooling beside me. I feel as calm and well-rested as I do on the most relaxing of holidays – but the other thing I am feeling is smug, because I have just had the most productive d…