Then I remember I have a coworker who leaves 20-30 minutes early every single day because…no reason. Who leaves 2 hours early every Friday. Who took off an hour and a half early yesterday on account of “winter weather” when it was in the mid 40’s and…raining. Our boss is never here so my coworker takes complete advantage. And I’m not a snitch so I don’t say anything. Plus, I like the other girl I work with, she’s chill. If it’s just me and her, it’s nice. And if they’re both gone, I enjoy having the office to myself anyway. So it really works in my favor when she leaves. Especially since she’s a bully. I can breathe when she’s gone.
She very often refuses to take calls from clients, that want to talk to her, that she doesn’t like. Which leaves me to deal with them and any issue they are having, I end up getting blamed for. Like, if they were mad at her for something but now I have to take care of the problem, it now falls on me.
It’s also okay if the two of them take over and hour for lunch, between getting lunch and eating it. I pack most days and eat in my office. When I put my phone on DND so I can eat, read, whatever..,in silence, my time is watched very closely.
So, yeah…if I have an easy day, week, month and get my work completed with no real pressing things that I need to do, I’m absolutely going to relish in the ability to practice some self care. Take the time to do what I enjoy. Consider it a balance. I won’t leave work a half an hour early every day, but I’ll take what time that is given to me to relax. Because…why not?