time off

If you work, do you take all your time off? You know, like some people are "earn it and burn it" kind of folks. Every time they get a second to take off work, they do. I get a lot of time off during the year. Besides 12 to 14 paid holidays every year, I also get 4 weeks of vacation, 6 sick days and 3 personal days. That's a whopping 43 days a year! I could almost take a day off every week! I don't though. The only time I use my sick time is if I'm actually sick, which isn't very often. Oh, I also use it for any kind of medical/dental appointments. Again, not very often. Sooooo, right now I have 39 days of sick time and 24 days of vacation time on the books.

When I first started working in the corporate world, years and years and years ago, and people would quit or retire from their jobs with a TON of time off on the books, I use to think, what the hell is wrong with you people!?!? Take your time off!!! My fella use to work for a company that made you take your time off. Take you vacation time off or lose it. They were serious about their staff having breaks! Where I work, if you don't take your time off it just builds up. But when you leave they'll only pay out 225 hours. You lose anything after that. Anyway...it turns out that I am one of those people now, who doesn't take their time off! What is wrong with me?! Geesh.

I'm going to try and do better. Take more time off. Even if we aren't going somewhere. It's good for your mental health :-) Plus, I don't want to feel dumb. Hey! I might even cheat and use some sick time for no good reason!!