When you feel like crap, do you take a sick day?

When you're struggling emotionally/mentally, do you take a sick day?

I feel like most people DON'T take sicks days - even when they're available to them through their employer (aka "paid sick time").

Why is that?

When we put ourselves and our health on the "back burner," what message are we sending ourselves. And again...why?

It's time we made our health - physical AND emotional/mental - a priority. And taking time off when we don't feel well? That's one way to do it!

So take the sick day, OK? I mean, you're not going to get paid out for those days if you leave (unless it's a PTO policy), so you may as well use the time if you need it and it's available.

And if you need some inspiration? Just watch "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." Sure - he was playing hooky...but maybe it really WAS a mental health day. ;)

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