This summer, I thought I’d finally relax – but doing nothing is the hardest thing

‘The long summer break makes us dream of the beach … Except, in my dream, I’m digging a hole, trying to beat the rising tide,’ writes Sunil Badami. Photograph: Gabriel Mello/Getty Images

For many of us, the long summer break makes us dream of the beach.

Me too. Except, in my dream, I’m digging a hole, trying to beat the rising tide. But for every spadeful of sand I manage to dig out, more keeps filling the hole, no matter how fast I keep digging.