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Take care of yourselves. Nobody is going to do it for you.

In the interest of full disclosure: I am well compensated for my services. I haven't lived paycheck-to-paycheck in years. I have good(ish) benefits. I get enough vacation time every year. Most of the time, I even like my job. But heres the problem. Sometimes I go too long without taking time off. Last week, I sat in my kitchen in my underwear, staring at my table, desperately trying to summon the willpower to get up out of that chair, get dressed, and drive 8 miles to work. I looked at my calendar, and realized I haven't taken a vacation day since last November. You're not being a hero. You're not making yourself “more valuable”. Youre burning out. Take care of yourselves. The company isn't going to do it for you.


In the interest of full disclosure:

I am well compensated for my services. I haven't lived paycheck-to-paycheck in years.

I have good(ish) benefits.

I get enough vacation time every year.

Most of the time, I even like my job.

But heres the problem.

Sometimes I go too long without taking time off.

Last week, I sat in my kitchen in my underwear, staring at my table, desperately trying to summon the willpower to get up out of that chair, get dressed, and drive 8 miles to work.

I looked at my calendar, and realized I haven't taken a vacation day since last November.

You're not being a hero.

You're not making yourself “more valuable”.

Youre burning out.

Take care of yourselves.

The company isn't going to do it for you.

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