Day 31: Sick Days

In my line of work, I accrue sick time.  Year after year, it builds up.

The problem is, for the first ten years of my career, it was more work to be sick than it was to go into work feeling miserable.  So my sick time built up.  Now I have over 100 days that I know I will never be paid for. So, when I need to, I take one.

This morning I had a dentist appointment. Since I had to use sick time, I figured I would leverage the whole day.  And since it was a Friday, it was an extra added bonus.

The rest of the day, I consider "mental health" sick time.  It's important to me to "power down"and focus on me time and family time.  I wish this was something everyone could take advantage of. I'm a lucky guy.

So today, I am thankful for my bucket of sick time.