Today I called off to spend time with my girls. Yesterday my oldest turned three and wanted to sleep in this pop-up tent we got her and she asked me to sleep in the tent with her. I woke up around 5AM and spent some time just admiring and reflecting on how much she has grown and changed and thought to myself that I’d hate for her to wake up and I’m not there next to her. So I called off.
Part of me feels guilty for doing it, part of me doesn’t. Always just tell myself that if they fire me, I’ll find something else.
Moral of the story: don’t sacrifice priceless time with your family for an hourly wage.