Taking a day off work o quilt...HAVE YOU?
#21
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Location: Small town south of Ottawa, Ontario
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I used to do this, and if I was in the midst of a really great project, I'd tell them I had a chest infection (automatic 3 days off), but, if I just wanted the one day, I would call-in with a headache. The only problem with "sick days" was you didn't get paid for them. Now that I'm retired, I quilt everyday, for as long as I want.
#24
Never. I took 14.5 days off in 35 years of working - because I was sick or seeing a specialist doctor. Now I think it is probably why I am falling to pieces rather rapidly since I retired (from too much burn-out...).
#25
I would love to take a mental health day but my department is different too. I have one back up and when either one of us are out it tends to leave a lot on the other's plate. Of course she just got back from 8 weeks on maternity leave so I am due for a vacation day and/or mental health day.....LOL
#26
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: North Central Texas
Posts: 378
I used to wish, sometimes, so badly that I could be sick so I could have an "excuse" just to stop....I loved, loved, loved those six weeks after a baby was born cause I could tell everyone that "I can't, I just had a baby"...and not feel guilty. Now, I really am sick...with CFS and Fibro....and longingly remember the days when I felt so good all the time.
Be careful what you wish for........
Be careful what you wish for........
#30
Fortunately my company has gone to personal days and my department is all about work-life balance. Probably because we're all workaholics and nobody has any balance. LOL!
It's extremely rare for me to take an unplanned day off, and when I do I make sure I really can just be FREE to do as I please. I can't tell you the last time I had a day off when I didn't at least check emails at work, but I can say that yesterday I didn't answer any. This is an improvement.
And I QUILTED!!!
It's extremely rare for me to take an unplanned day off, and when I do I make sure I really can just be FREE to do as I please. I can't tell you the last time I had a day off when I didn't at least check emails at work, but I can say that yesterday I didn't answer any. This is an improvement.
And I QUILTED!!!
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