As a kid, I would get a couple of days out of school, then be pushed back on the bus to school. The beginning of a lifetime of pushing through when not feeling well. There was work to be done, and I needed to be there. As an adult I often worked solo, if I didn't do the work, it didn't get done. I had to be almost dead, to not push through the and go to the office. I will admit that I went to work, many times when I shouldn't have. Only once did a boss look at me and say, "GO HOME and take care of yourself!"
This time, was different. I allowed myself to rest, to relax. To not do the things to do, but to allow the illness to run it's course. I didn't cook a couple of days when it was my day to cook. I skipped water aerobics a couple of days. I skipped my daily treadmill walks.
I see this is a step forward in my mental health. I had a driven career, I mostly put work ahead of my health or personal life. Allowing myself time to recover should have been a natural behavior, and not a luxury. The joys of retirement, I can allow myself this time and not feel guilty about it. And in the words of Martha Stewart, is a good thing.
The first time I ever was called out of school for being sick was in 2nd grade for chicken pox and then 6 grade with scarlet fever. The last time I called out sick for work was in 2017 with a bad flu. If I don't feel good, I don't believe I would go to work anyhow, because one, you get more run down, and two, you may get everyone else infected. I've been told I come from very good stock.
ReplyDeleteEither that or the gin.
DeleteI was rarely one to work when I was ill. It drove me crazy when colleagues would come in an spread their germs to everyone else. I would have told you to go home.
ReplyDeleteMore people need to be told to go home.
DeleteI never worked if I was unwell, aside from when I hurt my back.
ReplyDeleteSo you have visited a zoo and had contact with a rhino? Their personal habits aren't particularly fussy. I am not surprised you've caught something.
It must be a pet of one of the neighbors.
DeleteI can only commend you on your superb use of punnage!
DeleteFeel better soon!
ReplyDeleteA bit better each day
DeleteThere is always that feeling of "I need to be there," even though, sometimes, by goin g into work sick you aren't really helping anyone, least of all yourself.
ReplyDeleteThat said, unless I have something contagious, I always go into work sick, so I don't practice what I preach.
I'll sit down now.
Working sick, is often not productive. We feel obligated to be there.
DeleteI most heartily commend you on this very important development. You are easily consumed by duty--which is perhaps one of the unconscious things that attracted me to you. 🤔 Now if only I could manage a healthy restraint when it comes to housework...
ReplyDeleteSet time limits on work?
DeleteLove the pic of the bags; where was that?
ReplyDeleteNational Airport.
DeleteYou're listening to your body and not your sense of duty. Take care, hope you feel better soon, and fix yourself a cup of hot tea with honey and lemon.
ReplyDeleteNow my duty is to take care of myself and have a little fun along the way.
DeleteSounds good. Hope you are feeling better.
ReplyDeleteA little better each day.
DeleteSelf care is an aquired and PRACTICED skill
ReplyDeleteThat I need to het better at.
DeleteI've taken to going to sleep when the sun is stll up and rising between 4:30 and 5:00 a.m. Mostly that's because of the cat but I also feel no guilt as I would have done in the past.
ReplyDeleteCats have us well trained, sleep when you are weary and rise when we are rested, I love an afternoon nap.
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