www.inkthinkerblog.com — Yesterday I learned something surprising about myself. When going to work doesn’t involve leaving the house, I’m a lot more reluctant to take a sick day than I have been when going to work meant driving 20 minutes to the train station, walking a mile, sitting on the train for anywhere from 1 to 2 hours, walking another half mile, and then sitting in a cube all day before reversing it.
I woke up feeling pretty yucky yesterday after not sleeping well the night before. Unfortunately, I had a meeting in DC (about 50 miles north of here) with a potential magazine client, and I quickly realized that I would need to cancel. I sent an e-mail right away and then called early, thinking that I would get voicemail. I guess he’s an earlier riser that I expected, because he was already in the office. He asked if my canceling was “a cold feet thing.” “No,” I responded, “It’s more of a ginger ale and sweatpants thing.”
When I went to the bedroom after getting off the phone, I was surprised to find myself making the bed instead of collapsing into it. “What am I doing?” I asked myself. “I can lie in bed all day–I have an excuse.” And then I realized that I didn’t want to lie in bed all day even though I didn’t feel too great. I wanted to work. So I did.
Who knew?
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Kristen,
Not only doesn’t your boss believe in sick days; she probably doesn’t believe in time-and-a-half for overtime or even the forty-hour work week, either.
Those BlackBerry-toting road warriors can complain about their eighty-hour weeks, but you’re discovering what I’ve learned in the last couple of years working full-time from home: waking hours are pretty much the same as working hours, with very little time off for good behavior.
Feel better soon.
Dick
Feel better soon.
A great thing about freelancing is that you CAN stay home all day to actually recover; however, you can also do as much or as little work as you wish during that time.
Sometimes, you just need to sleep.
Sometimes, a few hours of work will help you feel better.
And YOU get to choose — and change your decision if you start to feel worse.