Yesterday I had a short call with a long-term client. Five minutes. Clear question. Clear answer. No contracts, no admin, no friction. At some point the conversation drifted — naturally — to life. Kids the same age. Animals. Periods of working too hard. And the shared memory of how quickly “everything” can change. He asked if I live in Spain full-time now. I do. We talked briefly about nature, space, and how different life feels when there’s room to breathe. Before hanging up they said: “If I’m in Spain, I’ll definitely come by. I’ll just get a hotel nearby.” No awkwardness. No blurred boundaries. Just mutual respect and enough distance to make closeness comfortable. Not everyone believes work and life should overlap. But many companies already do — gyms at the office, kids welcome after school, partners stopping by, a library corner where someone waits while work wraps up. Maybe the problem isn’t mixing work and life. Maybe it’s forcing a separation that doesn’t fit how humans actually connect.